Requesting primary and migration volume information from the BCDS

Table 1 explains the output labels from the BCDS for the list of migration or primary volumes.

Table 1. Output labels when you request information from the BCDS for primary and migration volumes
Printer Output Label (OUTDATASET or SYSOUT)	Terminal Label	Description
VOLSER	VOL	This field contains the volume serial number of the volume.
SMS	SMS	This field indicates whether a volume is SMS-managed. Value Meaning Yes Identifies the volume as SMS-managed No Identifies the volume as non-SMS-managed.
OWNED BY VSAM CATALOG	VSAM CTLG	This field contains the data set name of the VSAM catalog that currently controls the volume. If the volume is not owned by a VSAM catalog, this field contains NOT OWNED BY VSAM CATALOG. If the controlling catalog is the master catalog, this field contains MASTER CATALOG.
CATALOG ON VOLSER	CTLG VOL	This field contains the volume serial number of the volume on which the catalog resides, SYSRES, or blanks.
LAST BACKED UP DATE TIME	LAST BACKED UP ON	This field contains the date and time of the last volume backup for the volume.
DUMPCLASS	LAST DUMPED TO CLASS	This is the dump class of the primary or migration volume.
DUMPED	ON	This field contains the date of the latest dump in the class.
TIME	AT	This field contains the time of the latest dump in the class.
EXP DATE	EXP DATE	This field contains the expiration date of the latest dump in the class. If RETENTIONPERIOD(NOLIMIT) was specified with the DEFINE DUMPCLASS or BACKVOL command, the value stored is zero (0) and the value displayed is *NOLIMIT.
A field containing only *** is not applicable to this volume (see individual field descriptions in the sample lists).

Figure 1 is a sample printer list from the BCDS for a specific primary volume when you specify PRIMARYVOLUME(volser) and BACKUPCONTROLDATASET parameters. The format of the printer list for all primary volumes has the same format as that shown in Figure 1. Similar output is produced for migration level 1 volumes if requested, using the VOLUME, MIGRATIONVOLUME, or MIGRATIONLEVEL1 parameters. If you request information for only one volume, the list has only one entry.

Figure 1. Sample Printer List from the BCDS when You Specify PRIMARYVOLUME(volser) and BACKUPCONTROLDATASET

-----  DFSMShsm CONTROL DATASET PRIMARY VOLUME-BCDS--- LISTING ----- AT 13:31:36 ON 91/12/31 FOR SYSTEM=SYSA

                                                          CATALOG  LAST BACKED UP
VOLSER SMS OWNED BY VSAM CATALOG                         ON VOLSER   DATE   TIME   DUMPCLASS  DUMPED     TIME    EXP DATE

PRIM01 YES VSAM.CATALOG.PRIM01                             PRIM01  91/01/15 00:59  DCLASS01  91/01/31  01:59:05  *NOLIMIT
                                                                                   DCLASS02  91/01/31  01:59:05  87/12/31
                                                                                   DCLASS03  91/01/31  01:59:05  87/12/31
                                                                                   DCLASS04  91/01/31  01:59:05  87/12/31
                                                                                   DCLASS05  91/01/31  01:59:05  87/12/31
----- END OF - PRIMARY VOLUME - LISTING -----

Figure 2 is a sample terminal list from the BCDS for primary volumes when you specify the VOLUME, BACKUPCONTROLDATASET, and TERMINAL. The second line is not produced when the volume is a migration level 1 volume. The format of the terminal list for a specific backup volume is the same as the format shown in Figure 2. If you request information for only one volume, the list has only one entry.

Figure 2. Sample Terminal List from the BCDS when You Specify VOLUME, BACKUPCONTROLDATASET, and TERMINAL

VOL=PRIM01, SMS=YES  VSAM CTLG=USERCAT.PRIM01
CTLG VOL=PRIM01, LAST BACKED-UP ON 90/04/24 AT 20:49
LAST DUMPED TO CLASS DCLASS01 ON 91/01/31 AT 01:59:05 EXP DATE *NOLIMIT

VOL=PRIM02, SMS=NO   VSAM CTLG=USERCAT.PRIM02
CTLG VOL=PRIM02, LAST BACKED-UP ON 90/04/24 AT 20:49
LAST DUMPED TO CLASS DCLASS01 ON 91/01/31 AT 01:59:05 EXP DATE *NOLIMIT