The DASD MANAGER PLUS Main Menu
The Main Menu contains a list of options from which you can make a selection.
To select an option from the menu, type the option number or a question mark (?) for information about this release in the option entry field to the left of the option list.
From the DASD MANAGER PLUS Main Menu, you can select the following:
- Options for defining and generating service actions
- Methods for collecting and managing statistics
- Options for detecting and correcting object exceptions
- Methods for generating reports
- Options for defining and managing services
- Options for defining and managing object sets
- Methods for managing user options which include setting user and graphic options and viewing the current environment
- Options for exporting object definitions
- A list that describes newly supported features for the current version of the product, and other information about the product
The Main Menu and otherDASD MANAGER PLUS panels include the following types of fields:
- Information-only fields are static fields that you cannot edit.
Input fields are dynamic fields that you can edit. For example, if these fields contain information, you can write over them. As explained in Setting-up-DASD-MANAGER-PLUS, you can customize highlighting to distinguish input fields from information fields.
Most DASD MANAGER PLUS panels contain at least one input field. In the Main Menu, the COMMAND line and Current SQLID are examples of input fields. Use the Tab key to move between fields. To exit the DASD MANAGER PLUS Main Menu, press END.
The following figure displays the DASD MANAGER PLUS main options panel.
DASD MANAGER PLUS Main Menu
Command ===>
Select an option. Then press Enter.
1. Service Actions - Define and Generate
2. Statistics - Collect and Manage
3. Object Exceptions - Detect and Correct
4. Reports - Generate
5. Services - Define and Manage
6. Object Sets - Define and Manage
7. User Options - Manage
8. Object Definitions - Export
? About This Release
Current SQLID . . . ERVICEA
The following table describes the common fields that appear on the Main Menu and on other DASD MANAGER PLUS panels.
Common information and input fields
Field | Field type | Description |
|---|---|---|
DB2 subsystem ID | Information | Active DB2 subsystem (SSID) |
Panel title | Information | Descriptive title for the panel The title line of the Main Menu includes the product name, version, and maintenance level of DASD MANAGER PLUS that is currently installed. |
Panel number | Information | Sequence number of the panel (used when a single function spans multiple panels) |
Error message | Information | Short text for an error message An error message overwrites any panel number. Other types of messages, such as warnings, also appear in this space. |
COMMAND line | Input | line that you use to enter TSO commands This field appears on all panels. |
Option input field | Input | Field that specifies an option from the list Because this is, for the most part, a numbered list, you select the option by entering its associated number or a question mark (?) to see what’s new for this release. |
Current SQLID | Input | Field that sets the current SQLID You can use this field if you have authorization. The default value is your TSO logon ID. |