Keyword

Value

Description

ASSIGN

YES
NO

This keyword indicates whether STAM is to provide multisystem support for 3480 and 3590 tape devices in full-function mode, or to turn off the assign function for the 3480 and 3590 tape devices in full-function mode.

CMPLXID

COMPLX
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STAM uses this keyword in its support for 3480 and 3590 tape devices in full-function mode. When a user has more than one computer complex, specifying a different value for the CMPLXID ensures that a computer in one complex cannot access a 3480 or 3590 tape device that is part of another complex.

Note: To avoid unpredictable results, do not use the default value. Specify a specific complex ID.

CYCLE

10

STAM periodically samples the status of each device to determine when a device is no longer in use and can be made available for allocation on another system. For allocated devices, the user ID and volser information is also updated. This keyword determines the sampling frequency in seconds.

DUCOUNT

1

This keyword specifies the default number of devices to be displayed in a STAM DU command.

DURLSE

YES
NO

This keyword indicates whether data for systems that have been released should appear in the STAM Display Units output. DURLSE=YES specifies that the DU function should show the status of a device on all defined systems, while DURLSE=NO specifies that data for released systems should be omitted from the display.

PASSWD

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This keyword is used to specify the command password. If the PASSWD option is specified in the STAM parameter file, then this password must be specified as an option on the STOP, STOPALL, SETP, and RELEASE commands.

VARYSYS

ALL
sysid
HERE

This keyword specifies the default systemID for the VARY function. ALL indicates the vary will take effect on all systems. The sysid variable is a valid system name as specified on the SID entry. HERE indicates that the VARY defaults to the system on which the command was issued.

DEVSTAT

CF
UCB

This keyword controls the way in which STAM sets the logical online/offline status of its devices during initialization. When DEVSTAT=CF, STAM makes the new logical online/offline status of a device equal to the previous status of the device as indicated in the existing control file. When DEVSTAT=UCB, the initial status of a device will be set equal to the ONLINE/OFFLINE status as indicated in the UCB.

TRACE

YES
NO

This keyword indicates whether STAM trace messages are to be written to the log. These messages are useful to trace events while troubleshooting.

RELUNLD

YES
NO

This keyword indicates whether STAM is to unload tape drives when a RELEASE command is issued. STAM unloads only tape drives that were allocated to the inactive system.