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Example

Build a TMC as the file VMTAPE TMC on the CA VM:Tape B-disk. The file contains 1,103 records: 1,100 records for the tape volumes and 3 control records:

vmtbuild tmc

CA VM:Tape responds with messages similar to the following:

INITIALIZING THE NEW VOLUME LIBRARY FILE ‘VMTAPE TMC B1’
INITIALIZATION COMPLETE --1103 RECORDS

Note: If you are installing CA VM:Tape at a site that has an existing tape volume library but no associated database, you may want to use the DELETE option of the format utility to mark all volumes as deleted. Then, use the TAPEINIT command to make the volumes available to CA VM:Tape. Otherwise, if there are no additional input data sets to the format utility, all volumes in the TMC created by the format utility are initially in scratch status.

Note: For more information about the TAPEINIT command, see the Command Reference Guide.