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Drop Tapes from a Multivolume Sequence

To drop tapes EXT004, EXT005, and EXT006 (and all associated data sets) from the multivolume sequence EXT001 through EXT006, enter the following:

vmtape catalog ext004 drop volume

CA VM:Tape responds as follows:

VOLUME ‘EXT004' DROPPED FROM MULTI-VOLUME CHAIN
VOLUME ‘EXT005' DROPPED FROM MULTI-VOLUME CHAIN
VOLUME ‘EXT006' DROPPED FROM MULTI-VOLUME CHAIN
FILE 1 DSN=‘JAN.XLS' DROPPED.
FILE 2 DSN=‘FEB.XLS' DROPPED.
FILE 3 DSN=‘MARCH.XLS' DROPPED.