HP NonStop G-Series - Manual (Page 183)

Using Labeled Tapes
Guardian User’s Guide — 425266-001
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TAPE DEFINE Attributes
2. Mount the tape, or deliver the tape to the operator with instructions that include:
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The open mode (BLP)
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The name of the tape drive your application will use
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The time you will run the application that requires the tape
3. Run your application.
If you run an application, make sure that your application specifies the TAPE
DEFINE that describes the tape file you want. If your application allows you to
specify the TAPE DEFINE on the TACL command line, you must enter the correct
name of the TAPE DEFINE.
If BLPCHECK is on, the labeled-tape server displays the following request at the
operator console:
4. You, or an operator, should mount the tape on the specified drive.
5. Issue a TAPECOM ACCEPT command.
The system does not check whether the mounted tape is the correct one before your
application continues processing. A TAPECOM REJECT command causes the open
request to fail with file-system error 194.
TAPE DEFINE Attributes
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Table 10-2. TAPE DEFINE Attributes (page 1 of 2)
Attribute Function
BLOCKLEN Data block size in bytes for a tape file
DENSITY Tape density in bits per inch (bpi)
DEVICE Tape drive on which the tape file is to be mounted
EBCDIC Specifies whether data is translated when processing an IBM tape
EXPIRATION Expiration date for the tape file
FILEID Tape file name
FILESECT Order of the volume (or section of file) within a multivolume file being
created at the same time
FILESEQ Relative position of this tape file in a multifile volume set
GEN Indicates that this file is part of a generation group
LABELS Type of tape; for labeled tapes, the label processing mode
OWNER Owner ID in the VOL1 label for IBM labeled tapes only
MOUNTMSG Mount message to be displayed with the system mount message or tape
drive use request