Volume Conversion dialog box

You use this dialog box to issue the DFSMSdss CONVERTV command to convert the selected volumes to or from system-managed storage (SMS).

You access this dialog box in the Volume Actions submenu. This submenu is available in the pop-up menu that you access by right-clicking specific views in a workspace.

To learn about the standard capabilities of a dialog box, see Standard tabs in the dialog boxes of the Storage Toolkit. The topic includes a link to the Reference guides for commands that are used in the Storage Toolkit.

The following parameters are available:

  • Action: Prepare, Test, or Convert.
  • Convert multi-volume datasets.
  • Redetermine classes for SMS datasets.