RASM: Auxiliary storage manager information
Use the RASM EXEC to determine the last IPL type, the address of the ASMVT, the total number of slots, the number and percentage of available slots, the largest user of slots, and the percentage owned along with information on all the paging volumes.
The following statement shows the format of the call from EXEC:
The following table lists the RASM parameters.
Parameter | Required? | Description |
|---|---|---|
COUNT | No | Specify to limit the number of address spaces or page datasets that are returned. One of the following values are valid:
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OPTS | No | If specified, one of the following values are valid::
See Using BMC AMI Ops SYSPROG Services for more information about these options. |
SORTFLD | No | Name, VIO NVIO (Corresponds to SYSPROG input parameters) |
The following list shows the return codes from RASM:
Return code | Description |
|---|---|
8 | Security failure |
16 | Parameter neither null nor map |
The following table lists the variables returned by RASM in the LOCAL POOL.
Variable name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
RASMA(XXX) | Data | ASID |
RASMB(XXX) | Data | Burst; not available in SPS 3.6 and is always 0 |
Note: Where XXX corresponds to the output line number | ||
RASMC(XXX) | Data | Percent of total slots used by this address space |
RASMD(XXX) | Data | Name of Page Dataset (DSN option only) |
RASMF(XXX) | Data | Free slots |
RASMIPLT | Data | IPL type |
RASMJ(XXX) | Data | Jobname |
RASML(XXX) | Data | Label of Volume |
RASMN(XXX) | Data | Non-VIO slots |
RASMO(XXX) | Data | Total Slots used by address space |
RASMP(XXX) | Data | Percentage free |
RASMROL1 | Control | Number of output lines |
RASMROL2 | Control | Start line number of page data set information |
RASMROL3 | Control | Start line number of map information |
RASMROL3 | Data | Number of Warning Messages captured |
RASMS(XXX) | Data | Size of data set in slots |
RASMSLAV | Data | Available slots |
RASMSLPC | Data | Percentage available |
RASMSUSR | Data | Largest slot user |
RASMT(XXX) | Data | Type of page data set |
RASMTLSL | Data | Total slots |
RASMU(XXX) | Data | Unit address of page data set |
RASMUSPC | Data | Percentage largest user is holding |
RASMV(XXX) | Data | VIO slots |
RASMVTA | Data | Address of vector table; not available in SPS 3.6 and is always 0 |
RASMW(XXX) | Data | Warning message produced by ASM service |
RASMX(XXX) | Data | Number of extents in page dataset |
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