Using inventory reports

Before you begin: To obtain the most up-to-date inventory report, move all volumes that are in transit to their destinations and confirm that all moves have been completed before you produce the extract data set from which you produce inventory reports.

You can use inventory reports for performing audits of your library and storage locations. You can use the inventory reports to track logical volumes. DFSMSrmm lists all the logical and stacked volumes in the library. When you request an inventory of a VTS location, DFSMSrmm lists all the logical volumes in the library. For exported logical volumes, DFSMSrmm lists the stacked volume in the report rather than the exported logical volume.

Non-shelf-managed locations do not have bin numbers. Inventory reports list a bin number column, leaving the bin number field blank.

DFSMSrmm produces inventory reports in INSTVOL, INSTBIN, INSTOWN output files. Each output file can contain multiple reports.

Because volumes that are in transit can appear in multiple reports, you must determine the location of those volumes based on your installation's movement process.

DFSMSrmm produces a separate report for each location where volumes reside. The reports are composed of repeated data columns. The data columns for the inventory reports are:

VOLUME

The volume serial number

RACK

The rack number and external volume serial number. The Rack field contains the volume serial number when no rack number has been defined for the volume.

BIN

The bin number in which the volume resides. The Bin field contains information only when you specify the EDGRMMxxparmlib member LOCDEF MANAGEMENTTYPE(BINS) command.

OWNER

The owner of the volume

MEDIANAME

The media name or type of media of the volume

T

The volume in-transit status can be one of the following:

N: The volume is not in transit or waiting to be moved so you should expect to find the volume in the location identified by the inventory report.
I: The volume is moving to the listed shelf location. DFSMSrmm lists the volume in the report for the current location of the volume, as well as the target location.
O: The volume is moving from the listed shelf location. DFSMSrmm lists the volume in the report for the current location of the volume, as well as the target location.