Image catalog entry for virtual tape storage

An image catalog entry displays information about the virtual volume within an image catalog and contains information about a virtual image located in the image catalog directory.

Examples of image catalog entry information include a file name of the virtual image, a volume identifier, the index position in the catalog, access information, write protection information, and a text description of the image.

Possible statuses of an image catalog entry are:

Mounted

The virtual image associated with the selected image catalog entry is active or loaded in the virtual device. The mounted virtual image is specified by selecting *MOUNTED in the using volume parameter. Only one virtual tape volume can be in mounted status at a time.

Loaded

The virtual tape volume associated with the selected image catalog entry is available for use by the virtual tape device.

Unloaded

The virtual image associated with the selected image catalog entry is not available for use by the virtual tape device.

If the image catalog is in a ready state, these statuses represent the current status of the image catalog entry. If the image catalog is in a not ready state, these statuses represent what the status of the image catalog entry will be when the image catalog is put in a ready state.