STORE and TurboSTORE/iX Products Manual (B5151-90003)

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Handling Media Requests
Pending Media Requests
Pending Media Requests
If several media requests appear at once, you can choose respond to any or all of them, in
any order. When you choose not to respond to a media request, it remains pending until
you respond or deny it. You can use the RECALL command at any time to list pending media
requests.
Denying a Media Request
If the backup device is unavailable, or for another appropriate reason, you choose not to let
a user or users access a backup device, you should deny media requests when they appear.
To deny a media request, use the REPLY command to assign the LDEV number 0 to the
user's PIN. So, for example, to deny a media request you received from the user with PIN
23, enter:
:REPLY 23,0
The user receives a message reporting that the device (the media drive) is unavailable. You
may want to send the user another message using TELL explaining the situation in detail
and estimating when the device might be available.
Using REPLY and RECALL
During the time you are running a program on the console, you are unable to get a colon
prompt on the console. However, you can still review and reply to media requests. At the
console, press the
CTRL and A keys simultaneously to display the equal-sign (=) prompt. In
response to the equal-sign prompt, you can issue either the RECALL or the REPLY command,
described in the preceding sections. This feature is useful, for example, when running a
program such as STORE which you expect will take a long time to complete.