Example: Defining a tape volume catalog

A specific VOLCAT is a tape volume catalog that contains a specific group of tape volume entries based on the tape volume serial numbers (tape volsers). A specific VOLCAT cannot contain tape library entries. See Defining Names for a Tape Volume Catalog for more detail concerning restrictions when different systems are connected to the Tape Library Dataserver.

This example defines an SMS-managed tape volume catalog named SYS1.VOLCAT.VT. This tape volume catalog would contain all tape volume entries that have a label beginning with the character "T". For example, one entry could be TAPE01.

  //DEFVCAT     JOB     ...
  //STEP1       EXEC   PGM=IDCAMS
  //SYSPRINT    DD     SYSOUT=A
  //SYSIN       DD     *
       DEFINE USERCATALOG -
             (NAME(SYS1.VOLCAT.VT) -
             VOLCATALOG -
             VOLUME(338001) -
             CYLINDERS(1 1))
  /*