MODE=DORM

Makes Control‑M/Tape temporarily dormant. After this command is issued, Control‑M/Tape does not intervene in any job, does not check expiration dates, and so on.

The Control‑M/Tape environment (Control‑M/Tape tables, rules, I/O control blocks, and so on) is saved.

MODE=SUSPEND

Temporarily suspends removable media activity. After this command is issued, all jobs that access removable media wait for an operator reply specifying how to proceed. The operator can specify that processing must continue without Control‑M/Tape, wait for a RESUME command, or abend.

The Control‑M/Tape environment (Control‑M/Tape tables, rules, I/O control blocks, and so on) is saved.

MODE=RESUME

Causes normal Control‑M/Tape operations to resume after MODE=DORM or MODE=SUSPEND commands were issued.

MODE=STOPSTK

Stops the Dynamic Stacking facility.

MODE=STARTSTK

Starts or restarts the Dynamic Stacking facility.