DSMSERV DISPLAY DBSPACE (Display information about database storage space)

Use this utility to display information about storage space that is defined for the database. The output of this utility is the same as the output of the QUERY DBSPACE command, but you can use this utility when the server is not running.

Syntax

Read syntax diagramSkip visual syntax diagram DSMSERV 1-uuser_name1-iinstance_dir-kServer12-kkey_name-ooptions_file-noexpire-quiet DISPlay DBSPace
Notes:
  • 1 This parameter applies to AIX® and Linux® servers only.
  • 2 This parameter applies only to Windows servers.

Parameters

Linux operating systemsAIX operating systems-u user_name
Linux operating systemsAIX operating systemsSpecifies a user name to switch to before initializing the server.
Linux operating systemsAIX operating systems-i instance_dir
Linux operating systemsAIX operating systemsSpecifies an instance directory to use. This becomes the current working directory of the server.
Windows operating systems-k key_name
Windows operating systemsSpecifies the name of a Windows registry key that is used to store information about this server. Use this parameter only when there is more than one server on the same system. The default value is SERVER1.
-o options_file
Specifies an options file to use.
-noexpire
Specifies that expiration processing is suppressed when starting.
-quiet
Specifies that messages to the console are suppressed.

Example: Display database space information

Display information about database storage space. See Field descriptions for details about the information shown in the output. Issue the command.
dsmserv display dbspace
Linux operating systemsAIX operating systems

Location        Total Space (MB)   Used Space (MB)   Free Space (MB)
-------------   ----------------   ---------------   ---------------
 /tsmdb001             46,080.00         20,993.12         25,086.88
 /tsmdb002             46,080.00         20,992.15         25,087.85
Windows operating systems

Location          Total Space (MB)   Used Space (MB)   Free Space (MB)
-------------   ----------------   ---------------   ---------------
d:\tsm\db001           46,080.00         20,993.12         25,086.88
d:\tsm\db002           46,080.00         20,993.15         25,087.85

Field descriptions

Location
The directory or path that is used for storing the database
Total Space (MB)
The total number of megabytes in the location
Used Space (MB)
The number of megabytes in use in the location
Free Space (MB)
Linux operating systemsAIX operating systemsThe space remaining in the file system where the path is located
Windows operating systemsThe space remaining on the drive where the directory is located