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Expanded Access Server for Tape and Robotics

The expanded access server for tape and robotics lets you browse a report that resides only on tape, without having to load the report back to disk.

Using the server instead of loading back to disk gives you the following benefits:

• You do not need to wait for a LOAD batch job, which has to wait for a tape mount.
• You do not need extra DASD space in the disk database to accommodate reports that are temporarily loaded from tape.

The printing functions, both online (P command) and batch (J command), as well as the LOAD from tape to disk function use the server, and benefit from centralized tape mounts and caching.

No tape drives are dedicated to the tape server. The server is allowed to access as many drives as you specify. Drives are automatically freed after a specified idle time (MAXIDLE).