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LOCation location Option

Use the LOCATION location option to have CA VM:Tape select a tape drive from a specific physical location.

A location can be either a specific ARM, such as the Sutmyn Automated Tape Library (ATL), the IBM Tape Library Data Server, or the StorageTek Nearline Automated Cartridge System (ACS); or a unit outside all ARMs (the non-ARM location).

Values for location are as follows:

Location

Values for location are:

Memorex Telex ATL or
IBM Tape Library Data Server

ATL name (1-8 characters)

StorageTek ACS

ACS followed by 3-digit ACSID number (for example, ACS000, ACS001)

Non-ARM

NONARM keyword

If necessary, use the QUERY LOCATION * command to list all locations defined to your system. The first location listed is the default location.