Overview of common action commands

The Storage Toolkit provides actions that start commands on target resources in thez/OS system.

Table 1 shows typical goals for some of the action commands in the Storage Toolkit.

Table 1. Common commands that are enabled by the Storage Toolkit
Command type Goal
HSM Volume Services

Migrate datasets on volume not referenced for a certain number of days

Perform HSM incremental backup of eligible datasets on volume

HSM Dataset Services

Migrate dataset to level 1

Migrate dataset to level 2

Backup dataset

Recover dataset from backup version

Recall a migrated dataset

DFDSS Volume Services

Release unused space in datasets on volume

TEST volume convert to SMS format

Prepare volume for conversion to SMS format

Convert volume to SMS format

DFDSS Dataset Services

Copy/move dataset

Release unused space within dataset

Cancel HSM Request Service Cancel active or queued DFSMShsm ("HSM") requests

Related information:

Using the Storage Toolkit.