/ENABLE=(LOAD,PERM)
/DISABLE=(LOAD,PERM)
The /ENABLE and /DISABLE qualifiers allow you to disable or
selectively enable automatic loading and automatic permanence
for all non-permanent devices. The two qualifiers have these
meanings:
Qualifier Explanation
/ENABLE Allows you to selectively enable automatic loading
permanence. Automatic permanence is ignored if
automatic loading is disabled. However, you can enable
automatic loading and disable automatic permanence.
This allows devices to be configured but does not
add them to the permanent database. Also, the OpenVMS
device name cannot be persistent.
/DISABLE Allows you to disable device loading on a per-device
basis.
Explanations of the keywords LOAD and PERM are in the following
table:
KeyworTerm Explanation
LOAD Automatic Allows the device to be automatically
loading configured-that is, the device driver is
loaded and an OpenVMS device is created
for it.
PERM Automatic Causes the UCM to add the device to the
permanence permanent database. Once a device is added
to the permanent database, each time it
is connected to the system it will have
the driver loaded and the device name will
always remain the same-that is, it will be
persistent.
By default, automatic loading (LOAD) and automatic permanence
(PERM) are enabled. Automatic permanence is ignored if automatic
loading is disabled. However, you can enable automatic loading
and disable automatic permanence. This allows devices to be
configured but does not add them to the permanent database. (The
OpenVMS device name might not be persistent in this case.)