If you are using a gui or command line...archive...and go back to the gui or
command line...you
will HOLD that mount.
In our dsmserv.opt we now have:
IDLETIMEOUT 15
so when a user does not get all the way out of tsm after an archive,
retrieve, or whatever....
we will terminate the session (idletimeout 15 minutes).
Of course, holding a tape and tape drive is very expensive....
dsmc archive file archmc=whatever
as opposed to
dsmc
archive whatever
DOES make a difference...
dsmc archive...blah blah...will return you back to your operating system
prompt after the archive
dsmc (then enter or return)
then...archive will hold the drive...