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<h1 class="topictitle1">Control tape library resources using tape library attributes</h1>
<div><p>Depending on your business environment you might want to control
the use of tape resources to allow important jobs to finish quickly. i5/OS™ provides
several features for this.</p>
<p>You can use the Change Job Media Library Attributes (CHGJOBMLBA) command
to change the priority of tape resource requests for a particular job, and
the Work with MLB Resource Queue (WRKMLBRSCQ) command to work with the tape
resource manager queue.</p>
<div class="section"><h4 class="sectiontitle">Change tape library job attributes</h4><p>The CHGJOBMLBA
command allows you to change the resource allocation attributes for your own
job or another user's job if you have *JOBCTL special authority. You can use
the resource allocation priority to change the priority of requests to use
a tape resource within a tape library. You can assign a higher priority to
certain jobs to allow them to get a tape resource as soon as one becomes available.
You can assign a lower priority to jobs that can wait until all other higher
priority jobs finish using the tape resources. Typically, very short-running
tape operations such as the dynamic retrieval of an object that was saved
storage free should be assigned a high resource allocation priority. Long-running
jobs that are not required to finish quickly, such as Duplicate Tape (DUPTAP)
or Display Tape (DSPTAP), can be assigned a lower resource allocation priority.</p>
<p>You
can also add *MLBA to either the Work with Job (WRKJOB) or Display Job (DSPJOB)
command in order to view or adjust your tape library attributes.</p>
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<div class="section"><h4 class="sectiontitle">Change access to a tape resource within a library</h4><p>The
WRKMLBRSCQ command allows you to manipulate the requests to use a tape resource
within a tape media library. The WRKMLBRSCQ command shows the resources that
are currently processing a request, have a category mounted, or the requests
that are waiting to be assigned a tape resource. You can change the resource
allocation attributes for requests that are waiting to use a tape resource
by using option 2 (Change Request MLB Attributes) on the Work with MLB Resource
Queue (WRKMLBRSCQ) display. The attributes for the next request can be changed
by using the CHGJOBMLBA command to change the resource allocation attributes
for the job that is currently using the tape resource. You can do this by
using option 5 (Work with job) on the Work with MLB Resource Queue (WRKMLBRSCQ)
display, and then selecting option 21 (Work with media library attributes).</p>
<p>There
are times when a request will show a priority of 0. These requests are for
when a tape resource is being used by the system for a tape operation. An
example is when a tape command using ENDOPT(*UNLOAD) is completed and the
system is still unloading the cartridge.</p>
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<div class="section"><h4 class="sectiontitle">Change tape library attributes with APIs</h4><p>You can
use the Retrieve Job Media Library Attributes (QTARJMA) and Change Job Media
Library Attributes (QTACJMA) APIs to control tape library attributes programmatically.
For a more detailed description and an example, see Control tape library attributes
with APIs.</p>
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<li class="ulchildlink"><strong><a href="rzam4chgmlbwithapi.htm">Control tape library resources with APIs</a></strong><br />
Use the QTARJMA and QTACJMA APIs to retrieve and to change the tape library attributes for a specific job.</li>
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<div class="parentlink"><strong>Parent topic:</strong> <a href="rzam4usetapelib.htm" title="This topic provides usage and management information for tape libraries.">Use tape libraries</a></div>
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<div><a href="../rbam6/rbam6clmain.htm">Control language (CL)</a></div>
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