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Overview of Tasks

Tape librarians manage the tape inventory and the tape information in the TMC. Assuming they have been given the appropriate authorizations, tape librarians can use the ASSIGN, EDIT, LIST SCRATCH, and TAPEINIT commands, as well as the CHECKIN, CHECKOUT, and CLEAN utilities.

Note: For more information about creating tape librarian authorizations, see Authorization.

The tasks shown in the following table are those that are typically performed by a tape librarian.

Note: For more information about the commands, see the Command Reference Guide. For more information about the CLEAN, CHECKIN, and CHECKOUT utilities, see Utility Reference.

Tape Librarian Tasks

Task

Command or Utility

Change the manager and owner information for saved volumes

ASSIGN

Review and change TMC information

CATALOG and EDIT

List information about a tape or a group of tapes

LIST

Convert expired tapes to scratch status (CMS TMCs only)

SCRATCH

Reinitialize scratch tapes, and add new tape volumes to the system and give each a new label

TAPEINIT

Updates the TMC record for a tape each time the tape is cleaned

CLEAN EXEC

Indicates that a volume previously removed from the tape library has been returned

CHECKIN EXEC

Indicates that a tape has been removed from the tape library and is unavailable for use

CHECKOUT EXEC