StorageTek 6 manual A00A0-A99A0

-You cannot increment two portions of a range element. If 111AAA is the first element, you cannot specify 112AAB for the second element.

-The alphabetic portion of the VOLSER range is defined as being from character A to Z. To increment multi-character sequences, each character increments to Z. For instance, ACZ is part of the AAA-AMM range. Examples are:

A00A0-A99A0	increments VOLSERs A00A0 through A09A0,
	then A10A0 through A99A0.
9AA9A-9ZZ9A	increments VOLSERs 9AA9A through 9AZ9A,
	then 9BA9A through 9ZZ9A.
111AAA-111ZZZ	increments VOLSERs 111AAA through
	111AAZ, then 111ABA through 111ZZZ.
999AM8- 999CM8	increments VOLSERs 999AM8 through
	999AZ8, then 999BA8 through 999CM8
A3BZZ9- A3CDE9	increments VOLSERs A3BZZ9 through
	A3CAA9, then A3CAB9 through A3CDE9
AAAAAA-	increments VOLSERs AAAAAA through
AAACCC	AAAAAZ, then AAAABA through AAACCC
CCCNNN-	increments VOLSERs CCCNNN through
DDDNNN	CCCNNZ, then CCCNOA through DDDNNN*

* Caution: This is a very large range.

The number of volumes in an alphabetic VOLSER range depends on the number of elements in the incrementing portion of the VOLSER range. For an A to Z range in each character position, the number of volumes can be calculated by 26 to the power of the number of positions that are being incremented.

A-Z	261	26
AA-ZZ	262	676
AAA-ZZZ	263	17,576
AAAA-ZZZZ	264	456,976
AAAAA-ZZZZZ	265	11,881,376
AAAAAA-ZZZZZZ	266	308,915,776

Note: For most operator commands, a VOLSER range is limited to 100 entries. If a large range is entered, only the first 100 VOLSERs are acted upon. If HSC utilities are used, the entire range is processed.

Appendix A. Macros, Control Statements, Utilities, and Commands Syntax Reference 437

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