Obtaining information about migration and DFSMShsm-managed volumes

To obtain information about migration and DFSMShsm-managed volumes, you can select the following types of information:

All migration volumes
ML1 volumes
All ML2 volumes
ML2 DASD volumes
ML2 tape volumes
All migration and DFSMShsm-managed volumes
A particular migration or DFSMShsm-managed volume

You also can select whether the information is to be taken from the backup control data set, the migration control data set, or both, and whether to select only empty volumes.

Again, because of the many possible forms for this request, only a sample is presented.

To request information about all migration volumes from both the migration control data set and the backup control data set, issue the following command:

LIST MIGRATIONVOLUME BOTH

To request information about all ML1 volumes from the backup control data set, issue the following command:

LIST MIGRATIONLEVEL1 BACKUPCONTROLDATASET

To request information about empty ML2 volumes from the migration control data set, issue the following command. You can use this command to obtain a list of tapes that can be inserted in the cartridge loader:

LIST MIGRATIONLEVEL2(TAPE) -
   MIGRATIONCONTROLDATASET SELECT(EMPTY)

To request information about ML2 DASD volumes from both control data sets, issue the following command:

LIST MIGRATIONLEVEL2(DASD) BOTH

To obtain information about ML2 tape volumes from the migration control data set, issue the following command:

LIST MIGRATIONLEVEL2(TAPE) MIGRATIONCONTROLDATASET

To obtain information about all DFSMShsm-managed and migration volumes from both control data sets, issue the following command:

LIST VOLUME BOTH

To obtain information about a particular volume from the backup control data set, issue the following command:

LIST VOLUME(volser) BACKUPCONTROLDATASET