Defining the environment for enhanced capacity and extended high performance cartridge system tape

The SETSYS TAPEOUTPUTPROMPT command determines whether messages are sent to the operator indicating the kind of tape to mount for TAPECOPY processing. You need issue this command only in a non-SMS-managed tape environment. If you are processing tapes in an SMS-managed tape library, the robot and MVS™ communicate directly and no operator intervention is required.

If you specify . . .	Then . . .
SETSYS TAPEOUTPUTPROMPT (TAPECOPY) or SETSYS TAPEOUTPUTPROMPT (TAPECOPY(YES)),	DFSMShsm sends prompting messages to the operator indicating which kind of 3490 tape should be mounted.
SETSYS TAPEOUTPUTPROMP (TAPECOPY(NO))	DFSMShsm reverts to not sending prompting messages.

You can specify the TAPECOPY ALTERNATEUNITNAME command to specify two esoteric unit names; the first name is used if a standard 3490 tape is required for TAPECOPY processing, and the second name is used if an enhanced capacity tape is required. Then you can preload the two different cartridge types into the devices associated with the two different esoteric unit names.

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TAPECOPY ALL ALTERNATEUNITNAME (TAPESHOR,TAPELONG)

DFSMShsm copies 3490 backup and migration data sets that reside on standard cartridge system tapes to devices in the esoteric named TAPESHOR. DFSMShsm also copies 3480 backup and migration data sets that reside on enhanced capacity cartridge system tape to devices in the esoteric named TAPELONG. DFSMShsm uses the first esoteric unit name that you specify in the ALTERNATEUNITNAME parameter for standard tape cartridges and the second esoteric unit name for extended capacity tape cartridges.

You can specify the TAPECOPY ALTERNATE3590UNITNAME command to specify two esoteric unit names; the first name is used if a standard 3590 tape is required for TAPECOPY processing. The second name is used if a high performance cartridge tape is required. Then you can preload the two different cartridge types into the devices that are associated with the two different esoteric unit names.

If you specify . . .	Then . . .
TAPECOPY ALL ALTERNATE3590UNITNAME (TAPE5S,TAPE5L)	DFSMShsm copies 3590 backup and migration data sets that reside on standard high performance cartridge tapes to devices in the esoteric named TAPE5S. DFSMShsm also copies backup and migration data sets that reside on extended high performance cartridge tape to devices in the esoteric named TAPE5L.

For more information about defining esoteric unit names, see Restricting tape device selection. For more information about the TAPEOUTPUTPROMPT parameter of the SETSYS command and the ALTERNATEUNITNAME parameter of the TAPECOPY command, see z/OS DFSMShsm Storage Administration.