z/VM Minidisks view


The z/VM Minidisks (VMFDISKR) view, displays the status of accessed minidisks and SFS directories on the z/VM data server. You can access this view by entering the view name on the COMMAND line or from the Minidisks option on the EZLNXV Menu.

The view provides the following minidisk information:

  • accessed disk mode letter
  • status of the disk or SFS directory: R/W (read/write) or R/O (read/only)
  • amount of the disk that is being used (percentage)
  • number of files on the disk or in the SFS directory
  • virtual address of the disk or DIR if SFS directory
  • owner userid of disk or SFS directory
  • owner virtual address of disk or SFS directory
  • number of cylinders available on the disk
  • disk device type
  • disk block size
  • number of disk blocks in use
  • number of disk blocks left
  • total number of disk blocks
  • label assigned to disk or SFS directory name
>W1 =VMFDISKR========SYSVM01==*========DDMMMYYYY==14:19:54====MVLNXV===D====8=======================
CMD Mode Stat       %Utilization     Files VDev Ownerid  ODev   Cyl Type BlkSz Blks  Used  Blks Left
--- ---- ----       0.....50...100 ------- ---- -------- ---- ----- ---- ----- ---------- ----------
    A    R/W  41.39    107 191  MMLVSRV  0191   100 3390 4096        7451      10549
    B    R/W  0.00                       2 DIR  MMLVSRV  DIR      - -    4096           -          -
    C    R/O  36.33                     42 121  VMMAVMSR 0191     5 3390 4096         327        573
    H    R/O  67.46                    871 126  TCPMAINT 0592    67 3390 4096        8136       3924
    P    R/O  86.65                  10919 319  COMMON   0319   500 3390 4096       77988      12012
    S    R/O  82.94                    693 190  COMMON   5490   100 3390 4096       14929       3071
    Y/S  R/O  62.72                   1021 19E  COMMON   549E   250 3390 4096       28225      16775
    Z/Z  R/O  80.39                    421 19D  COMMON   549D   146 3390 1024       58097      14173

By hyperlinking on the Mode field, you can display the VMFLIST view, which shows the list of z/VM files on the minidisk.

By hyperlinking on the Ownerid field, you can display the VMLVDEVR view which, shows all the virtual devices of that virtual machine ownerid.

From the VMFDISKR view, you can perform actions to view, access, or release a minidisk or SFS directory. These actions are described below.

Line command

Action

Description

S

Select

display file list of the minidisk or SFS directory

R

Release

release the minidisk or SFS directory

A

Access

access a minidisk or SFS directory


 

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