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Operator Commands

The operator commands are as follows:

Note: For more information, see Commands.

• ALLOCATE

  Attaches a tape drive to a user ID.

• ARM

  Controls whether LMS, the Sutmyn ARM, can remove drives from the eligible drive list for a mount request.

• AUTOPICK

  Indicates to turn on, turn off, or query the status of the Automatic Scratch Volume Selection (Autopick) facility for all scratch pools that are defined to CA VM:Tape, or by individual scratch pools.

• BLP

  Forces CA VM:Tape to bypass label processing for a pending mount request.

• CANCEL

  Cancels pending tape mount requests.

• CHANGE

  Changes processing options for a pending mount request. Specify a different pool from which to select a scratch tape, redirect the mount to a different tape drive, or work with the eligible drive list for the mount.

• CMS

  Runs a CMS or CP command or an EXEC on the CA VM:Tape service virtual machine.

• DISARM

  Switches tape drives that are associated with an ARM location to the non-ARM location, temporarily, so you can use the drives manually.

• DRAIN

  Makes a tape drive temporarily unavailable to CA VM:Tape.

• EJECT

  Removes tapes from an ARM location.

• END

  Ends CA VM:Tape operation.

• HSC

  Controls and displays information about the interface between CA VM:Tape and the ACS, the StorageTek ARM.

• LIST SCRATCH

  Lists scratch tapes.

• LMS

  Controls and displays information about the interface between CA VM:Tape and the ATL, the Sutmyn ARM.

• MIA

  Controls and displays information about the interface between CA VM:Tape and CA MIA, the CA Multi-Image Allocation product.

• QUERY

  Displays information about pending mount and allocation requests, TMC type and format, locations and tape drives, CA VM:Tape product release, and tape ownership.

• REFRESH

  Rebuilds the pointer and picklist files or recompile the CA VM:Tape scratch pool definition and scratch pool assignment rules files.

• REJECT

  Makes CA VM:Tape select a different scratch tape to satisfy a mount request.

• REPLY

  Displays pending CA VM:Tape prompts and respond to them.

• RESUME

  Allows access to the CA VM:Tape database to resume after access was temporarily halted by a SUSPEND command.

• RMS

  Controls and display information about the interface between CA VM:Tape and the IBM Tape Library Data Server ARM.

• SDC

  Displays, clear reads, and writes locks on the minidisks that contain the TMC and the Audit file for CMS systems running with the Shared Disk Facility,.

• SET

  Sets the default tape drive location for scratch mount and allocation requests and specify alternative locations if drives from the default location are not available.

• SETUP

  Controls the status of the Setup facility and pending setup requests.

• STAM DO

  Displays the current setting of the STAM options on the local system.

• STAM DU

  Displays the status of tape drives allocated to systems in the STAM complex.

• STAM RELEASE

  Makes tape drives that have been allocated to one system available for allocation to other systems.

• STAM SETP

  Changes STAM options specified in the STAM parameter file, temporarily.

• STAM START

  Starts the STAM facility on the local system.

• STAM STOP

  Stops the STAM facility and drain all drives on the local system.

• STAM STOPALL

  Stops the STAM facility and drain all drives on all systems in the STAM complex.

• STAM VARY

  Changes the status of tape drives in the STAM complex.

• START

  Makes a tape drive available to CA VM:Tape after it was made unavailable by a DRAIN or STAM VARY command.

• SUSPEND

  Halts access to the CA VM:Tape database, temporarily.

• TCPLISTN

  Uses the TCPLISTN command to start TCP/IP services after a TCP/IP failure.

• TMSRINIT

  Triggers TMSXTEND processing.