Operands
The table below lists all of the operands you can use with the TAPEDSN command.
Operand | Description |
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QRY or QRY * | Displays a list of all the data sets and the volume
(or volumes) for each data set. For a Tape Manager catalog, this format
is equivalent to using the data set name abbreviation 'user_name.*' |
QRY dsnabbrv | Returns data set information for data sets matching
the abbreviation. The data set name abbreviation can be a complete
data set name or an abbreviation of a data set name where one or more
wild card characters are specified. The dsnabbrv supports the use of regular expressions for the search argument. The following special characters are supported:
Note: When any of these characters are "special" to CP
or CMS, an appropriate escape sequence must be entered in the command
line for the character to be passed to Tape Manager.
|
ADD dsname | Creates an occurrence of a data set using free
volumes in a private pool. The rules for data set names in Tape Manager
are:
Although the rules for data set names may vary among z/OS® releases, these conventions are intended to provide an acceptable level of compatibility with all levels of z/OS. |
DEL dsname | Deletes an occurrence of a data set and frees the volumes associated with the data set. |
MOVE dsname POOL plowner plname | Moves the volumes associated with the data set name to the pool specified by the pool owner and pool name. |
REN dsname1 TO dsname2 | Renames data set dsname1 to dsname2. |
VOL qryvol | Requests data set information related to a specific volume. |
VOL volid | Specifies the first (or only) volume of the data set. The volume must be specified when there are multiple occurrences of the data set. The volume is optional when there is only one occurrence of a data set. |
VOL vollist | Specifies a list of up to eight (8) volumes that will be associated with the data set name. |
MSG | Indicates the output will be returned as messages. |
RDR | Indicates the output will be returned as a reader file. |
TERSE | Suppresses the informational messages EUM0010I, EUM0074I, EUM0083I, EUM0084I, EUM0288I, and EUM0291I for the requestor. |