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Parameter Description

The following provides a description of each parameter:

[ AVL | DEDI | NOTDED ]

Specifies a new status for the specified drives, as follows:

• AVL

  Makes drives whose status is NOTAVL available for allocation

• DEDI

  Dedicates drives to sysid (that is, makes them available for allocation only to that system)

• NOTDED

  Removes drives from dedicated status on sysid and makes them available to all systems in the STAM complex

  If the status of a tape drive is NOTAVL, specifying the AVL status is the only way to make the drive available again.

{ raddrs | LOCation location }

Lists the real addresses (raddrs) or location of the tape drives to start.

You can specify raddrs using one of the following formats:

• raddr

  Specifies: One raddr

• raddr1 raddr2 ... raddrn

  Specifies: Multiple, non-contiguous raddrs

• name1 name2 ... namen

  Specifies: Multiple global names for tape drives

• raddr1-raddrn

  Specifies: All raddrs in a range of contiguous raddrs

• You can specify an asterisk for raddrs to start all configured drives on the indicated system or systems.

Note: For more information about the values for location, see LOCation location Option.

{ [ ON ] sysid | ALL }

Specifies whether to start the specified drives on one system only (sysid) or on all systems in the STAM complex (ALL).

The variable sysid is the STAM ID of the system. The default for sysid is specified in the STAM parameter file unless it has been temporarily overridden by a STAM SETP VARYSYS command.