View volumes
A storage volume is an identifiable unit of data storage. Storage groups are sets of volumes.
About this task
See below for procedure to view volumes from the Hosts > Mainframe dashboard. To see the CKD volumes in a CU image, see View CKD volumes in CU image.
Steps
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Select
and click
Volumes in the
Summary panel.
The Volumes list view is displayed. Use this list view to view and manage the volumes.The following properties display: however, not all properties may be available for every volume type:
- Name—Assigned volume name.
- Type—Type of volume.
- Allocated %—% of the volume that is allocated.
- Capacity (CYL)—Volume capacity in cylinders.
- Status—Volume status.
- Emulation—Emulation type for the volume.
- Host Paths—Number of masking records for the volume.
- Reserved—Indicates whether the volume is reserved.
- Split—The name of the associated split.
- CU Image —The number of the associated CU image.
- Base Address—Base Address.
The following controls are available, however, not all controls may be available for every volume type:
—View CKD volume details
- Create— Create volumes
- Expand— Expand existing volumes
—Delete operations
- Create SG— Create storage groups
- Set Volumes > Emulation— Set volume emulation
- Set Volumes > Attribute— Set volume attributes
- Set Volumes > Identifier— Set volume identifiers
- Set Volumes >Status— Set volume status
- Set Volumes > Replication QoS— QOS for replication
- Set Volumes > Set SRDF GCM— Set the SRDF GCM flag
- Set Volumes > Reset SRDF/Metro Identity— Reset original device identity
- Allocate/Free/Reclaim > Start — Manage thin pool allocations
- Allocate/Free/Reclaim > Stop— Manage thin pool allocations
- Configuration > Change Volume Configuration— Change volume configuration
- Configuration > Duplicate Volume— Duplicate volumes
- Configuration > z/OS Map— z/OS map from the volume list view
- Configuration > z/OS Unmap— z/OS unmap from the volume list view