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TAPELIBR Authorization

To designate a user ID as a tape librarian, give that user ID TAPELIBR authorization on an AUTHORIZ record in the VMTAPE CONFIG file. Using CA VM:Tape commands, authorized CA VM:Tape tape librarians can list any information in the TMC for all tapes, and can query and modify TMC information.

To use the TAPEINIT command to add new tapes, tape librarians need additional authorizations of ANYTAPE, BLPUSE, OPERATOR, and MOUNTFOR.

For example, to make HARRY and SALLY tape librarians and let HARRY also change the owner of saved tapes, add the following AUTHORIZ records to the VMTAPE CONFIG file:

AUTHORIZ TAPELIBR HARRY SALLY
AUTHORIZ ASSIGN HARRY
AUTHORIZ ANYTAPE HARRY SALLY
AUTHORIZ BLPUSE HARRY SALLY
AUTHORIZ MOUNTFOR HARRY SALLY