Find information about what the positional parameters on a TLBL mean.

Products

• Dynam for VSE
• Dynam VSE Option

Issue/Introduction

There are positional parameters that can be placed on the TLBL. You can specify Retention, version, volume serial number, and tape processing options.

Resolution

This is the layout of the TLBL:

// TLBL filename,'file-id',ret,volser,volseq,fileseq,gen,ver

// TLBL SYS001,'XXXX.YYYY.ZZZZ',,,,,,2

The 2 in the example is VER. This field is used to control various processing functions.

Dynam/T numeric processing options. Place option codes here instead of within file-id if the file-id is too large or contains special symbols.

1 Rewind at CLOSE
2 Unload at CLOSE
4 Release at CLOSE
8 Hold logical unit assignment
16 Drop TLBL at CLOSE
32 No rewind at CLOSE
64 Alter filename at OPEN to SYS0nnn

Chapter 2 of the user guide explains the appropriate value for each positional parameter.