The basic status parameters are:
- PATHS or P
- Displays (in message IEE459I) the status of specified
devices.
DEVSERV accepts a 3, 4 or 5-digit
device number.
When a 3 or 4-digit device
number is specified, DEVSERV returns information about the device
that is in the active subchannel set.
For PPRC
devices, this is the "primary" device, including failover
scenarios.
When a 5-digit device number
is specified, DEVSERV returns information about the device that is
physically configured to the subchannel set s identified
by the first digit in the 5-digit device number.
This allows DEVSERV commands to a PPRC secondary devices,
including when these are configured in alternate subchannel sets.
- SMS or S
- Displays (in message IGD001I) the volume and storage group status
for nn devices that SMS manages, starting with the specified
device number.
- s
- The subchannel set number. If a subchannel set
number is specified, those devices in the subchannel set number are
displayed.
- [/][d]ddd
- The device number for which the system is to display
information. The number consists of three or four hexadecimal digits,
optionally preceded by a slash (/). If a subchannel set number is
specified, a slash (/) cannot be specified as an input. If the subchannel
set number is not 0 and the device number is 3 digits, the 3 digits
device number must be preceded by a 0, for example 10800.
You
can specify any device number that the operating system supports.
When the subchanel set number in 's' is omitted, the device
number specified in [d]ddd represents
the device that is in the active subchannel set.
- nn\nnn
- The number of devices for which the system is to display the
information, in ascending order beginning with the device you specify.
For SMS, the number in nn is from 1 to 32. For PATHS, the
number in nnn is from 1 to 256. If you do not code nn or nnn,
the default is 1, and the system displays information only about the
device you specify.
- ONLINE or ON
- Directs the system to display information about only those specified
devices that are online to this MVS™ host.
If you do not specify ONLINE or OFFLINE,
the system displays information about both online and offline devices.
- OFFLINE or OFF
- Directs the system to display information about only those specified
devices that are offline to this MVS host.
If you do not specify ONLINE or OFFLINE,
the system displays information about both online and offline devices.
- NOSYM or NOS
- Directs the system not to display (with
message IEE459I) the definitions of symbols. If you omit NOSYM, the
system displays the definition of all the symbols. You may use this
parameter with PATHS, but not with SMS.
- DUMP
- Requests an SVC dump after execution of the DEVSERV
PATHS command. If you specify both DUMP and
a value for nnn, the
system ignores the value for nnn.
The SVC dump will cause an ‘0C1’X abend. You may use this
parameter with PATHS, but not with SMS.
- L=a , name, or name-a
- The display area (a), console name (name),
or both (name-a) where the display will appear. If you omit
this operand, the display appears in the first available display area
or in the message area of the console at which you entered the command.