PRIMARYVOLUME: Listing primary volumes

Explanation: PRIMARYVOLUME is a required parameter you can specify to list selected information for primary volumes.

PRIMARYVOLUME
specifies that you want a list of the volume entries for all primary volumes.
PRIMARYVOLUME(volser)
specifies that you want a list for a particular primary volume. For volser, substitute the serial number of the specific volume you want listed. Both SMS and non-SMS volumes can be listed.

Defaults: If you specify PRIMARYVOLUME without volser, DFSMShsm lists all primary volumes it owns or manages except when the optional ALLDUMPS parameter is specified.

Note:
  1. The PRIMARYVOLUME parameter returns a list of copy pools that the volume is a part of when BCDS or BOTH are specified.
  2. The PRIMARYVOLUME(volser) parameter returns a list of copy pool dump generations that the volume is a part of when ALLDUMPS and BCDS are both specified.
  3. When you specify PRIMARYVOLUME, DFSMShsm does not list information about the data sets on the primary volume, and DFSMShsm does not give you any information about the amount of space left on the volume. To find out how much space is left on a primary volume, use the SPACE parameter of the QUERY command.