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LABEL Record

Use the LABEL Record to specify whether CA VM:Tape will create or destroy a scratch tape label if a scratch tape with the wrong label type is mounted. Use this Record also to specify whether CA VM:Tape will prompt the operator for the correct label or accept the wrong one if a saved tape with the wrong label is mounted. Before CA VM:Tape creates or destroys a label, it verifies the tape's scratch status in the TMC.

Note: If you are using Autopick, LABEL CREATE DESTROY is activated.

If a user requests a mount for an ARM device and an NL tape is mounted, CA VM:Tape assumes that the correct tape has been mounted by the ARM device. CA VM:Tape does not prompt the operator to verify the volume serial number.

If a LABEL Record is not coded in the VMTAPE CONFIG file, CA VM:Tape does not allow changes to scratch tape labels.