Completing the Mountable Optical Volume Selection Entry Panel

Use the fields on the Mountable Optical Volume Selection Entry Panel to set up basic selection criteria: the serial numbers of the volumes to include in the list and the source ISMF uses to generate the list.

Figure 1 shows the Mountable Optical Volume Selection Entry Panel with its default values.

Figure 1. Mountable Optical Volume Selection Entry Panel

                 MOUNTABLE OPTICAL VOLUME SELECTION ENTRY PANEL
 Command ===>

 Select Source to Generate Volume List  . . 2  (1 - Saved list, 2 - New list)

      1 Generate from a Saved List
          List Name  . .

      2 Generate a New List from Criteria Below
          Volume Serial Number . . . *         (fully or partially specified)
          Library Name . . . . . . . *         (fully or partially specified)
          Storage Group Name . . . . *         (fully or partially specified)
          Optical Media Type . . . . ALL        (See help for valid values)





         Enter "/" to select option   _   Respecify View Criteria
                                      _   Respecify Sort Criteria

 Use ENTER to Perform Selection;
 Use HELP Command for Help; Use END Command to Exit.

Here is an overview of each field:

Select Source to Generate Volume List

In this mandatory field, indicate whether to create a new list or use a list previously saved with the SAVE command.

Option: Meaning
1: Use a list previously saved with the SAVE command. When selecting this option, you must complete the field under Generate from a Saved List. See Saving a Copy of the List for more information.
2: Create a new list. When selecting this option, you must complete the fields under Generate a New List from Criteria Below.

1 Generate from a Saved List

Complete the following fields if you selected option 1 for Select Source to Generate Volume List:

List Name: Enter the name of a list previously saved with the SAVE command. The list name can be up to eight alphanumeric characters long and must follow naming conventions for members of partitioned data sets.

2 Generate a New List from Criteria Below

Complete the following fields if you selected option 2 for Select Source to Generate Volume List:

Volume Serial Number

Enter a full or partial serial number of the volume or volumes to include in the list. Use this field to restrict the list to volumes with a specific volume serial number or range of volume serial numbers.

To include a single volume, enter a fully qualified volume serial number of 1 to 6 characters:

Volume Serial Number ===> SYS001

For a partially qualified name, use asterisks as global file-name characters. See Limiting Entries in the List and Partial Qualification for more information.

For example, to include a range of volumes, enter a partially qualified volume serial number by using one or two asterisks as global file-name characters:

Volume Serial Number ===> SYS*

Two asterisks are the maximum number of global file-name characters allowed.

Use a single asterisk to specify all mounted volumes that fit your other selection criteria:

Volume Serial Number ===> *

Library Name

Enter the one- to eight-character name of an optical disk library. Specify the library name the same way you specify the volume serial number.

Storage Group Name

Enter the one- to eight-character name of an SMS storage group. Specify the storage group name the same way you specify the volume serial number.

All SMS-managed volumes belong to a storage group. Non-SMS volumes do not belong to storage groups.

Optical Media Type

Enter the three- to eight-character type of optical media on which the volume resides. ALL (default) for all available optical media types. ALL is the default value. This field is primed with the last value used. See the z/OS DFSMS OAM Planning, Installation, and Storage Administration Guide for Object Support for valid optical media types.

Respecify View Criteria

In this mandatory field, you can choose to display the Mountable Optical Volume View Entry Panel to select the columns and the order of the columns to display on the list panel. If you specify not to VIEW criteria, leave this field blank, the Mountable Optical Volume List Panel is displayed, using the default VIEW criteria (display all columns in alphabetical order) or the criteria that were last specified to ISMF, if any. This may result in a restricted view.

Option: Meaning
/: Display the Mountable Optical Volume View Entry Panel before creating the volume list.
blank: Do not display the Mountable Optical Volume View Entry Panel before creating the volume list. Blank is the default.

Respecify Sort Criteria

In this mandatory field, you can choose to display the Mountable Optical Volume Sort Entry Panel to sort the resulting volume list according to the values in its data columns.

Option: Meaning
/: Display the Mountable Optical Volume Sort Entry Panel before creating the volume list.
blank: Do not display the Mountable Optical Volume Sort Entry Panel before creating the volume list. Blank is the default.

For example, sort the list by specifying descending order for the values in the volume type column. Specify a secondary sort to arrange the free space column in ascending order. The volumes sort in reverse alphabetic order by volume type. Volumes of the same type sort by their amount of free space, from lowest to highest.

If you specify / for both VIEW and SORT criteria, the Mountable Optical Volume View Entry Panel is displayed, followed by the Mountable Optical Volume Sort Entry Panel.