Obtaining backup volume information

The forms of the requests for obtaining backup volume information are: 
LIST BACKUPVOLUME

LIST BACKUPVOLUME SELECT(EMPTY)

LIST BACKUPVOLUME(volser)

The first request lists the information about all the backup volumes in the system. The second request lists the information about all the empty backup volumes in the system. The second request can be used to determine which DFSMShsm tapes can be placed in the cartridge loader. The third request lists the information about a specific backup volume.

Parent topic: Obtaining information from the control data sets