The Audit file contains a record of changes and updates to the Tape Management Catalog. This information is represented to VMRGRW through the AUDIT5 data definition table.

The following table identifies the format of each field VMRGRW can read from the Audit file.

Field NameStartLengthDisplayTypeDefault Column HeaderDescription
ADSNBF11XXBIT DSNB flag byte
AVOLSER16 A/NVOLSERVolume serial number
ADSN744 A/NDATA SET NAMEData set name
AEXPDT5149999999P/DEXPDTExpiration date yyyydddF
AVOLSEQ552999999BINPAVOLSEQVolume sequence number
A1STVOL576 A/NAFRSTVOLFirst volser of data set
APREVOL636 A/NAPREVOLPrevious volser of data set
ANEXTVOL696 A/NANEXTVOLNext volser of data set
ANUMDSNB752999BINPANUMBDSNBNumber of data set name blocks
AFRSTDSNB7749999BINPAFRSTDSNBAddress of first DSNB
ALASTDSNB8149999BINPALASTDSNBAddress of last DSNB
AFLAG1851XXBITFLAG1Internal flag bits. Values:
X'01'=Volume eligible for RDS override
X'02'=Volume deleted from library
X'04'=Tape listed on scratch list
X'20'=TMC record updated by user
X'80'=Internal field changed by user
AFLAG2861XXBITFLAG2Internal flag bits. Values:
X'02'=Expired by LDATE nnn (last-used control)
X'04'=Expired by CYCLE nnn (cycle control)
X'10'=Temporary data set
X'40'=Volume opened for output
AFLAG3871XXBITFLAG3Signals a media error. Values:
X'20'=Externally managed volume
X'80'=Permanent media error
AFLAG4881XXBITFLAG4Currently unused
ATRTCH891XXBITATRTCHRecording technique. Values:
X'13'=7-track, data conversion
X'23'=7-track, even parity
X'2B'=7-track, even parity and translation
X'3B'=7-track, BCD/EBCDIC conversion
X'80'=9-track
X'C0'=18-track (3480 type cartridges only)
X'E0'=36-track
X'E1'=Enhanced capacity cartridge
ADEN901XXBITDENDensity. Values:
X'83'=800 bpi
X'C3'=1600 bpi
X'D3'=6250 bpi
X'E3'=38K bpi (3840 type cartridges only)
X'E7'=38K bpi XF/IDRC (3480 type cartridges only)
ALABEL911XXBITALABELTape label type. Values:
X'01'=No label
X'02'=Standard label
X'04'=Nonstandard label
X'10'=Bypass label processing
X'C0'=ASCII label
ARECFM921XXBITARECFMRecord format. Values:
X'40'=Variable
X'50'=Variable blocked
X'58'=Variable blocked spanned
X'80'=Fixed
X'90'=Fixed blocked
X'C0'=Undefined
ALRECL934999999999BINPALRECLLogical record length
ABLKSIZE974999999999BINPABLKSIZEMaximum blocksize
ABLKCNT101499999BINPABLKCNTData set block count
AOUTDATE1054999999999P/DAOUTDATEOut-of-area code
AOUTCODE1094 A/NAOUTCODEUse count at last cleaning
ASLOT1134999999909BINPASLOTVault slot number
ACDATE11749999999P/DCDATECreation date yyyydddF
ACTIME122399:99P/DCREATE TIMECreation time 0hhmmF
ACJOB1258 A/NCREATUSERCreating job name userid
ASTPNAME1338 A/NASTPNAMECreating step name (CA VM:Tape user ID)
ACUNIT1492XXXBITACUNITCreation unit
ALDATE15149999999P/DLAST DATEDate last used yyyydddF
ALTIME156399:99P/DLAST TIMETime last used
ALJOB1598 A/NMOUNT USERIDJob name userid last used
ALUNIT1672XXXBITALUNITUnit last used
ACLNCNT1741999BINPACLNCNTNumber of times tape cleaned
AUSECLN1752999BINPAUSECLNUse count at last cleaning
ADATECLN17749999999P/DADATECLNDate of last cleaning yyyydddF
ABTHDATE18149999999P/DABTHDATEDate tape first used yyyydddF
ACOUNT18529999BINPACOUNTNumber of times tape mounted
TRERRC1992999BINPTRERRCNumber of temporary read errors since last cleaned
TWERRC2012999BINPTWERRCNumber of temporary write errors since last cleaned
PRERRC2032999BINPPRERRCNumber of permanent read errors since last cleaned
PWERRC2052999BINPPWERRCNumber of permanent write errors since last cleaned
TRERRI2072999BINPTRERRINumber of temporary read errors since initialized
TWERRI2092999BINPTWERRINumber of temporary write errors since initialized
PRERRI2112999BINPPRERRINumber of permanent read errors since initialized
PWERRI2132999BINPPWERRINumber of permanent write errors since initialized
AACCT26750 A/NAACCTInstallation accounting area
AINTVS3026 A/NINTERN VOLSERInternal volser for BIN, when used
ABATCHID3171999BINPABATCHIDBatch update ID number
ADATE34349999999P/DMOUNT DATEJulian date yyyydddF
ATIME348399999P/DMOUNT TIMETime of last update
AUSER3518 A/NMOUNT USERLast user to update
ACPUID3594 A/NCPU IDID of CPU used for last update
ARECTP3631XXBITRECORD TYPEAudit record type. Values:
X'00'=Manual TMC update using the CATALOG, EDIT, or ASSIGN commands or by the SCRATCH command
X'01'=Read-only MOUNT completed successfully
X'02'=Read/write MOUNT completed successfully
X'03'=Exception occurred (for example: password attempts exceeded, I/O error occurred, volume rejected when autopicked)
X'04'=MOUNT rejected due to one of the above exception conditions
AUFLG13641XXBITDSNB IND.Audit flag
AEXCPT3653 A/N Condition code
AUREC365399999999BINPAURECRelative record number
AUREJ3653 A/N Condition code