Using tape device naming conventions

Table 1 shows the hardware (marketing device name) and software (MVS generic device name) names for 3592 tape devices. The MVS generic device names are also the names used by the job control language (JCL) to communicate with the z/OS operating system. Use the MVS generic name or your installations esoteric name in any JCL statements or DFSMShsm commands that specify device names.

Table 1. Tape device naming conventions
Device description	Hardware name	Generic MVS name
3592-2E Enterprise recording format: EFMT1, EFMT2, EEFMT2 IBM TotalStorage Enterprise tape cartridge (MEDIA5, MEDIA6, MEDIA7, MEDIA8, MEDIA9, MEDIA10) Always in “emulation mode” as a 3590 Model B device.	3592-E05	3590-1
3592-2 Enterprise recording format: EFMT1, EFMT2 IBM TotalStorage Enterprise tape cartridge (MEDIA5, MEDIA6, MEDIA7, MEDIA8, MEDIA9, MEDIA10) Always in “emulation mode” as a 3590 Model B device.	3592-E05	3590-1