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ALLOCATE Command

[Authorization: ALLOCATE]

Use the ALLOCATE command to attach a tape drive to a user ID.

You can use the ALLOCATE command to dedicate tape drives to systems that are running under VM, such as MVS.

Allocated drives return to the CA VM:Tape drive pool when the user ID enters the CP DETACH command.

Important! Do not use the CP ATTACH command to attach tape drives managed by CA VM:Tape. Using CP ATTACH could abnormally terminate CA VM:Tape mount requests.