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:

IMFEXEC SELECT EXEC(RASM OPTS) WAIT(YES)

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:

  • nnn: 3-digit numeric value
  • ALL: constant

OPTS

No

If specified, one of the following values are valid::

  • STATUS
  • DSN
  • ASID
  • MAP (alias for ASID)
  • NAME
  • VIO
  • NVIO
  • TOTAL

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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