Read Element Status
Julyl 2017 Command Set 193
Primary Volume Tag
Information (continued)
• Trim last two characters (default): This field contains the first 6
characters of the cartridge label.
• If the cartridge label is "KL1020L6", this field will contain "KL1020"
and the domain and type fields will contain 'L' and '6'.
• If the cartridge label is "KL10203040L6", this field will contain
"KL1020" and the domain and type fields will contain 'L' and '6'.
• Full label: This field contains the first 8 characters of the cartridge label.
• If the cartridge label is "KL1020L6", this field will contain
"KL1020L6" and the domain and type fields will contain 'L' and '6'.
• If the cartridge label is "KL10203040L6", this field will contain
"KL102030" and the domain and type fields will contain 'L' and '6'.
• Trim last character: This field contains the first 7 characters of the
cartridge label.
• If the cartridge label is "KL1020L6", this field will contain "KL1020L"
and the domain and type fields will contain 'L' and '6'.
• If the cartridge label is "KL10203040L6", this field will contain
"KL10203" and the domain and type fields will contain 'L' and '6'.
• Prepend last two characters: This field contains all characters on the
label after moving the last two characters in the label to the front.
• If the cartridge label is "KL1020L6", this field will contain "L6KL1020"
and the domain and type fields will contain 'L' and '6'.
• If the cartridge label is "KL10203040L6", this field will contain
"L6KL10203040" and the domain and type fields will contain 'L' and
'6'.
• Trim first two characters: This field contains the third through eighth
characters on the label.
• If the cartridge label is "KL1020L6", this field will contain "1020L6"
and the domain and type fields will contain 'L' and '6'.
• If the cartridge label is "KL10203040L6", this field will contain
"102030" and the domain and type fields will contain 'L' and '6'.
• Trim first character: This field contains the second through eighth
characters on the label.
• If the cartridge label is "KL1020L6", this field will contain "L1020L6"
and the domain and type fields will contain 'L' and '6'.
• If the cartridge label is "KL10203040L6", this field will contain
"L102030" and the domain and type fields will contain 'L' and '6'.
• No type checking: This field contains all characters on the label without
checking the media domain and type.
• If the cartridge label is "KL1020L6", this field will contain
"KL1020L6" and the domain and type fields will contain FFh and
FFh.
• If the cartridge label is "KL10203040L6", this field will contain
"KL10203040L6" and the domain and type fields will contain FFh and
FFh.
If the label on the cartridge tape is not readable or if the element is empty,
the Primary Volume Tag field is filled with 36 bytes of zeros.
Code Set This field specifies the code set used for the identifier field and is set to 0 (not
supported) for the Storage Element Descriptor: 0h = Reserved.