VMTAPE CONFIG File Record Reference › SERIES Record (CMS TMCs Only)

SERIES Record (CMS TMCs Only)

Use the SERIES Record to specify the tapes the CMS TMC is to contain.

At least one SERIES Record is required. There are no predefined restrictions on the number of SERIES records you can have; the number is limited only by the amount of storage available for CA VM:Tape internal control blocks.

The order of the volser records in the TMC corresponds exactly to the sequential order of the SERIES records in the VMTAPE CONFIG file. Avoid changing the relative order of SERIES records after the configuration file is defined.

If you make any change to a SERIES record, you must use the VMTBUILD utility in VMTBUILD Utility (CMS TMCs Only) to rebuild the TMC to pick up the changes. Examples of such changes are:

• Adding a SERIES record
• Deleting a SERIES record
• Changing any parameter on an existing SERIES record
• Changing the relative order of existing SERIES records