Freeing BAF tape resources

When to use this option

BAF tape resources should only be freed under exceptional circumstances. For example:

A tape unit has been exclusively requested and now needs to be available for another request, you can free the tape unit here. The advantage of having the tape unit freed here is that the user does not need to be canceled – only his/her request is canceled.

The user for whom the resource has been freed is not allowed to execute archive requests during this time, for example, tape view.

Any batch jobs currently undergoing processing and urgent reload requests will be canceled in the started task.

Procedure

1. To free BAF tape resources, select option 3.3 from the "Service Manager Selection Menu". The "Display Archive User" panel is opened.
2. Enter F in front of a tape resource. The "Free SFF Enqueue" panel is called:

   PEB4CONQ ----------------------------------------------------------------------
   Command ===>
   
   Free SFF Enqueue Subsys-ID - Q93U
   Sysname - BETA
   
   
   Resource : ARC_H00518
   
   
   Confirm ===> (Y/N)
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   Press the ENTER key to confirm your request.
   Press the END key to abort the release request.
   
   

3. Confirm that you want to free the tape resource.

Result

The resource is freed and can now be accessed by more than one use at the same time.