MAX.TAPE = number of tape Processes | NONE | NOLIMIT

This parameter specifies the maximum number of tape Processes that are allowed to start in a node.

Value Description
number of tape Processes The numeric range is 0–32767. The default is 10.

When this limit is reached, one of two events can occur to any Processes that try to allocate a tape unit:

  • The Processes end with a return code of 8 and a SDETAPRI message
  • If the ALLOC.CODES initialization parameter includes the code TAPR, the Processes are placed on the timer retry queue. They are then retried the number of times specified in the ALLOC.RETRIES parameter, at the interval specified in the ALLOC.WAIT parameter.
NONE This value indicates that the node does not perform tape Processing.
NOLIMIT This value indicates that tapes may be used and no limit check will be made. Recommended for virtual tapes.

If you specify NONE, any Process that tries to copy from or to a tape on this node ends with a return code of 8 and a SDETAPRI message. You can still copy from or to tapes on the SNODE.

Modifiable through MODIFY INITPARMS command: NO