Requirement: Optional

Default: 0

Validation: nnnn = 1-4 digit numeric value in range 0 - 1440

Use: The RETAINTAPE parameter specifies the number of minutes for which a tape is to remain mounted after all outstanding retrieval requests from that tape have been processed by the DB2 Manager control region.

A tape which has not been referenced for the specified interval will be automatically dismounted. A dismount of a tape may be forced by DB2 Manager prior to expiration of this time interval if no free tape drive is available for allocation of a new tape volume, and the tape is the least-recently referenced of all currently mounted tape volumes.

A value of 0 indicates that tapes will be dismounted immediately after the last outstanding request for retrieval from each tape has been processed.

A value of 1440 indicates that tapes are held permanently on a drive until a dismount is forced when there are no free tape drives to satisfy a new request (as described above), or until termination of the DB2 Manager control region.

Notes: This setting may be varied during DB2 Manager operation via the 'SET RETAINTAPE' operator command.

If this parameter is omitted, a default value of RETAINTAPE=0 will be used.

TAPECNTL: TAPEWAIT

TAPEWAIT = nnnn

Requirement: Optional

Default: 0

Validation: nnnn = 1-4 digit numeric value in range 0 - 1440

Use: TAPEWAIT is an optional parameter which is used to control whether retrieval requests for tape-resident Archive Manager objects which cannot be immediately satisfied are rejected (with a ‘resource unavailable’ reason code) or queued internally until a tape retrieval resource becomes available, or until a maximum wait limit has been exceeded. ‘nnnn’ must be a 1-4 digit numeric character string in the range 0-1440, which specifies the maximum number of minutes for which requests are to be queued internally.

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