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Setting Default Values

You can also set the default tape drive location for scratch mount and allocation requests by using the CA VM:Tape SET LOCATION command.

Use the following records in the VMTAPE CONFIG file to set default values that CA VM:Tape uses when users do not specify parameters or options on the command line.

To set this default parameter:

Use this VMTAPE CONFIG file record:

Density

DEFDENS

Expiration date for scratch tape mounts

DEFEXPDT

Label type for scratch tape mounts

DEFLABEL

Media type for scratch mounts

DEFMEDIA

Priority for mount and allocation requests

DEFPRIOR

Retention period for scratch tape mounts

DEFRETPD

Wait or not wait for mount completion before returning control to the user

DEFWAIT