Media commands

This table lists the specific authorities required for the media commands.

Command Referenced object Authority needed
For object For library
ADDTAPCTG Tape Library description *USE *EXECUTE
CFGDEVMLB1 Tape Library description *CHANGE, *OBJMGT *EXECUTE
CHGDEVMLB (Q) Tape Library description *CHANGE, *OBJMGT *EXECUTE
CHGJOBMLBA4 Tape Library description *CHANGE *EXECUTE
CHGTAPCTG Tape Library description *USE *EXECUTE
CHKTAP Tape device description *USE *EXECUTE
CRTTAPCGY Tape Library description    
DLTMEDDFN Media definition *OBJEXIST *EXECUTE
DLTTAPCGY Tape Library description    
DMPTAP (Q)5 Tape device description *USE *EXECUTE
DSPTAP Tape device description *USE *EXECUTE
DSPTAPCGY Tape Library description    
DSPTAPCTG Tape Library description *USE *EXECUTE
DSPTAPSTS Tape Library description *USE *EXECUTE
DUPTAP Tape device description *USE *EXECUTE
INZTAP Tape device description *USE *EXECUTE
RMVTAPCTG Tape Library description *USE *EXECUTE
SETTAPCGY Tape Library description *USE *EXECUTE
WRKMLBRSCQ 3 Tape Library description *USE *EXECUTE
WRKMLBSTS 2 (Q) Tape Library description *USE *EXECUTE
WRKTAPCTG Tape Library description *USE *EXECUTE
1
To use this command, you must have *IOSYSCFG special authority.
2
To use individual operation, you must have the authority required by the operation.
3
To change the session media library attributes, you must have *CHANGE authority to the Tape Library description. To change the priority or work with another users job you must have *JOBCTL special authority.
4
To change the priority or work with another user's job you must have *JOBCTL special authority.
5
To use this command, you must have *ALLOBJ special authority when TYPE(*HEX) is specified or the tape has the secure volume flag or secured file flag set.