On Tue, 25 Jun 2019 15:37:11 +1000, Wayne Bickerdike <wayn...@gmail.com> wrote:
>Jake, > >your DD statemtnt looks wrong: > >Try: > >//SYSUT1 DD >DSN=A,LABEL=(,BLP,EXPDT=98000),UNIT=VTAPE,VOL=SER=P098878,DISP=(OLD,PASS) > >On Mon, Jun 24, 2019 at 2:04 PM Jake Anderson <justmainfra...@gmail.com> >wrote: > >> Hi >> >> I am running this JCL to obtain information about a virtual tape. >> >> //JOBCARD >> // STEP EXEC PGM=TAPEMAP >> //SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=* >> //SYSPRINT2 DD SYSOUT=* >> //SYSUT1 DD >> LABEL=(,BLP,EXPDT=98000),UNIT=VTAPE,VOL=SER=P098878,DISP=(OLD,PASS) >> >> The error I get is >> >> ** DEVICE TYPE WAS NOT SPECIFIED >> ** ERROR DETECTED BY PARAMETER CONVERTER, PROCESSING ABORTED >> >> Is there anything missed out in my JCL as I have specified UNIT . >> >> Jake >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >> send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN >> > > >-- >Wayne V. Bickerdike Since label processing is being bypassed, DSN can be any syntactically valid name, but why is volser 7-char long? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
