Table 3. Volume Categories (continued)

Category

 

 

(in hex)

Name

De®nition

 

 

 

FFF6

Service volume, 3590

Set when the library manager detects that a volume

 

only

has a unique service volser. Volsers that ®t the mask

 

 

CE xxx (where xxx represents any valid volser

 

 

characters) are service volumes. The imbedded blank

 

 

makes these labels unique from customer volumes.

 

 

Normally, service cartridges have volsers with the

 

 

pre®x CE (for example, CE 099). The speci®c cell

 

 

location is prede®ned. The host does not have a

 

 

record of a volume in the service volume category. The

 

 

volumes in this category are not reported in inventory

 

 

data in response to a request from the host.

 

 

 

FFF7

Mount from input

Volumes to be used in a mount from the input station

 

station

operation are placed in this category during the

 

 

operation.

 

 

 

FFF8

Ð

Reserved

 

 

 

FFF9

Service volume,

Set when the library manager detects that a volume

 

3490E only

has a unique service volser. Volsers that ®t the mask

 

 

CE xxx (where xxx represents any valid volser

 

 

characters) are service volumes. The imbedded blank

 

 

makes these labels unique from customer volumes.

 

 

Normally, service cartridges have volsers with the

 

 

pre®x CE (for example, CE 099). The speci®c cell

 

 

location is prede®ned. The host does not have a

 

 

record of a volume in the service volume category. The

 

 

volumes in this category are not reported in inventory

 

 

data in response to a request from the host.

 

 

 

FFFA

Manually ejected

Assigned to this category if the cartridge that was in

 

 

the inventory is not found.

 

 

 

FFFB to

Ð

Reserved

FFFC

 

 

 

 

 

FFFD

Cleaner volume (3590

Assigned to this category when the cleaner volumes

 

use only)

are identi®ed by the library manager. Cleaner volumes

 

 

are recognized when their volser matches a mask set

 

 

up by the operator through the library manager

 

 

console. (See ªCleaner Volume Masksº on page 172.)

 

 

The host does not have a record of volumes in the

 

 

cleaner volume category. Volumes in this category are

 

 

not reported in inventory data in response to a request

 

 

from the host. The vision uses the media type label to

 

 

determine that a cleaner cartridge is a 3590 type.

 

 

 

FFFE

Cleaner volume

Assigned to this category when the cleaner volumes

 

(3490E use only)

are identi®ed by the library manager. Cleaner volumes

 

 

are recognized when their volser matches a mask set

 

 

up by the operator through the library manager

 

 

console. (See ªCleaner Volume Masksº on page 172.)

 

 

The host does not have a record of volumes in the

 

 

cleaner volume category. Volumes in this category are

 

 

not reported in inventory data in response to a request

 

 

from the host. The vision uses the media type label to

 

 

determine that a cleaner cartridge is a 3490 type.

 

 

 

FFFF

Volser speci®c

Set by the control program. Any tape mount request to

 

 

this category must be for a speci®c volser, not based

 

 

on the category.

 

 

 

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