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UNLOAD

This parameter specifies whether the tape is to be unloaded and the drive freed during direct-to-tape archival.

Syntax:

UNLOAD=NO|YES|NOWORK

The default is NO.

Values are as follows:

YES

Unloads the tape after the SYSOUT group is archived direct-to-tape.

NO

Leaves the tape mounted after the SYSOUT group is archived direct-to-tape.

NOWORK

Leave the tape mounted until there are no more SYSOUT groups to be direct-to-tape archived, even if the remaining groups are going to disk.

Note: For more information about direct-to-tape archival, see the TAPECLSL initialization parameter.