Completing Page 1 of the Volume Selection Entry Panel

Use the fields on page 1 of the Volume Selection Entry Panel to set up your 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 page 1 with its default values.

Figure 1. Volume Selection Entry Panel

   Panel  Defaults  Utilities  Scroll  Help
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                          VOLUME SELECTION ENTRY PANEL              Page 1 of 3
 Command ===>

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

   1  Generate from a Saved List         Query Name To
        List Name  . .                   Save or Retrieve
   2  Generate a New List from Criteria Below
        Specify Source of the New List  . . 1  (1 - Physical, 2 - SMS)
        Optionally Specify One or More:
        Enter "/" to select option   _  Generate Exclusive list
          Type of Volume List . . . 1          (1-Online,2-Not Online,3-Either)
          Volume Serial Number  . . *          (fully or partially specified)
          Device Type . . . . . . .            (fully or partially specified)
          Device Number . . . . . .            (fully specified)
            To Device Number  . . .            (for range of devices)
          Acquire Physical Data . . N          (Y or N)
          Acquire Space Data  . . . N          (Y or N)
          Storage Group Name  . . .            (fully or partially specified)
          CDS Name . . . . . . .
                                               (fully specified or 'Active')
 Use ENTER to Perform Selection; Use DOWN Command to View next Selection Panel;
 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 using 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 field 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 8 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:

Specify Source of the New List

Indicate where ISMF must look or go to generate the volume list.

Option: Meaning
1: Generate the list from volumes physically known (either online or off-line) to the system. To get non-SMS-managed volumes, the storage group name and control data set (CDS) name must be blank.
2: Generate the list from volumes defined to a storage group of a specified CDS. The retrieved volumes can be either online or off-line DASD, but only online DASD will contain information.

Generate Exclusive List

In this field, indicate whether you want to generate an exclusive list or an inclusive list. The exclusive list has only the criteria entered in the selection entry panel. The inclusive list has those entries that include the values of dash (-), question mark (?), less-than (<), and greater-than (>), along with entries in the exclusive list.

Option: Meaning
/ or any non-blank character: Generates exclusive list
Blank: Generates inclusive list

Type of Volume List

Use this optional field to choose online or off-line volumes, or both.

Option: Meaning
1: Include only online volumes.
2: Include only offline volumes.
3: Include all volumes, online and offline.

Restriction: An “end user” can generate only online volume lists. Creating offline lists (option 2 or 3) requires “system administrator” mode.

Volume Serial Number

Enter a full or partial serial number of the volume or volumes to include in the list.

Use this optional 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 one to six characters:

Volume Serial Number ===> SYS001

To include a range of volumes, enter a partially qualified volume serial number by using a single asterisk as a global file-name character:

Volume Serial Number ===> SYS*

Use six asterisks to specify the system residence volume (SYSRES):

Volume Serial Number ===> ******

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

Volume Serial Number ===> *

Device Type

Use this optional field to restrict the list to volumes of a particular type. The device type must be between one and eight characters. Use a generic name (such as 3390) or an esoteric name (such as SYSDA). The name can be fully or partially qualified.

To specify a fully qualified name, enter:

Device Type           ===> 3390

To specify a partial name, use a single asterisk as a global file-name character:

Device Type           ===> 33*

To indicate all device types, use a single asterisk:

Device Type           ===> *

Device Number

Use this optional field to restrict the list to volumes on a single device or range of devices. Device number is sometimes called unit address. You must specify each device number in one to four hexadecimal characters.

For a single device number, enter:

Device Number           ===> 4CD7
  To Device Number      ===>

For a range of device numbers, enter:

Device Number           ===> 4CD7
  To Device Number      ===> 4CDF

Acquire Physical Data

Use this optional field to add additional information to the volume list. The information consists of the physical characteristics of the DASD on which the volumes reside.

Option

Meaning

Y

Include information from the DASD. This option gathers information for the following data columns in your volume list:

Cache fast write status
DASD fast write status
Device type
Device number
Duplex status
MVS™ system status
Read cache status
Other device
Subsystem identifier
Shared DASD
Use attributes

N

Do not include information from the DASD.

Acquire Space Data

Use this optional field to add additional information to the volume list. The additional information describes the space characteristics of the volume.

Option

Meaning

Y

Include information about the volume space. This option gathers information for the following data columns in your volume list:

Allocated space
Fragmentation index
Free DSCBs
Free extents
Free space
Free VIRs
Index status
Largest extent
Percent free space
Physical status

N

Do not include information about the volume space.

Storage Group Name

Use this optional field to restrict the list to volumes belonging to an SMS storage group.

Enter an asterisk in this field to bring up the volume list and then find a specific storage group name in column 23. Or, ask the storage administrator.

If you specified option 1 for Specify Source of the New List, this field is primed with blanks and defaults to blanks.

If you specified option 2 for Specify Source of the New List, this field defaults to an asterisk to include volumes associated with all storage group names.

Storage Group Name    ===> *

CDS Name

Use this optional field in conjunction with the Storage Group Name field to limit the list to volumes managed by SMS.

Tip: To get a list of non-SMS-managed volumes, leave the Storage Group Name and the CDS Name fields blank.

Enter the name of the control data set (CDS) containing the SMS information. A CDS name can be up to 44 characters long. When the name is enclosed in single quotation marks, you can use up to 46 characters. ISMF processes quoted and unquoted data set names using TSO conventions.

If you specified option 1 for Specify Source of the New List, this field defaults to blanks.

If you specified option 2 for Specify Source of the New List, this field defaults to 'ACTIVE' to list volumes in the active control data set.

CDS Name             ===> 'ACTIVE'