StorageTek 6 Benutzerhandbuch

1st ed., 6/30/04 - 312579601

- You cannot increment two portions of a range element.  If 111AAA is the 

first element, you cannot specify 112AAB for the second element.

- The alphabetic portion of the VOLSER range is defined as being from 

character A to Z.  To increment multi-character sequences, each character 
increments to Z.  For instance, ACZ is part of the AAA-AMM range. 
Examples are:

The number of volumes in an alphabetic VOLSER range depends on the 
number of elements in the incrementing portion of the VOLSER range.  For an 
A to Z range in each character position, the number of volumes can be 
calculated by 26 to the power of the number of positions that are being 
incremented.

Note: For most operator commands, a VOLSER range is limited to 100 entries.  
If a large range is entered, only the first 100 VOLSERs are acted upon.  If HSC 
utilities are used, the entire range is processed.

increments VOLSERs A00A0 through A09A0, 

then A10A0 through A99A0.

increments VOLSERs 9AA9A through 9AZ9A, 

then 9BA9A through 9ZZ9A.

increments VOLSERs 111AAA through 

111AAZ, then 111ABA through 111ZZZ.

increments VOLSERs 999AM8 through 

999AZ8, then 999BA8 through 999CM8

A3BZZ9- A3CDE9 increments VOLSERs A3BZZ9 through 

A3CAA9, then A3CAB9 through A3CDE9

increments VOLSERs AAAAAA through 

AAAAAZ, then AAAABA through AAACCC

increments VOLSERs CCCNNN through 
CCCNNZ, then CCCNOA through DDDNNN

*

*  Caution: This is a very large range.

26

1

26

26

2

676

26

3

17,576

26

4

456,976

26

5

11,881,376

26

6

308,915,776