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Using Labeled Tapes
5. Ready the drive and press Return.
If you are labeling a new blank tape, one of these messages is issued; each requires a
response of either Ignore, Retry, or Abort:
DATA EXISTS ON TAPE
TAPE RUNAWAY ERROR FOUND, VERIFY DENSITY
DATA PARITY ERROR FOUND, VERIFY DENSITY
FILE SYSTEM ERROR ON READ: err-num
Type I and press Return (or just press Return).
This message informs you when the label operation is complete:
STATUS 2501 - VOLUME vid INITIALIZED
If the label operation fails, this message is displayed:
STATUS 2502 - VOLUME vid NOT INITIALIZED
Complete syntax for the MEDIACOM ADD TAPELABEL command is included in the
DSM/Tape Catalog Operator Interface (MEDIACOM) Manual.
Examples
To use MEDIACOM to label an unlabeled tape with a density of 1600 bits per inch
(bpi) mounted on $TAPE with the volume serial ID of ABC:
MC> LABEL ABC, TAPEDRIVE $TAPE, DENSITY 1600
MEDIACOM responds with messages such as:
$TAPE: NOT READY?
VOLUME ABC INITIALIZED
The first message indicates that MEDIACOM has control of the drive and is waiting
for the tape to be mounted. The second message indicates that the labeling operation
is complete.
To write the volume serial ID XYZ to an unlabeled tape mounted on $TAPE1,
adding a babel which includes the owner field SOFTWARE, enter:
MC> TAPEDRIVE $TAPE1
MC> ADD TAPELABEL, LABELS IBM XYZ, OWNER "SOFTWARE"
To write a standard ANSI label on an unlabeled tape and leave the tape online at the
load point after labeling it, specifying a density setting of 1600 bits per inch (bpi):
MC> ADD TAPELABEL ABC123, TAPEDRIVE $TAPE, NOUNLOAD, DENSITY
1600
$TAPE: not ready:
(Mount the tape and ready the drive; press Return.)
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