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Command Definitions C-E
DSTAT
DSTAT
Displays the current status of the disk drives on the system. (Native Mode).
Syntax
DSTAT[ ldev ALL ]
Parameters
ldev An integer specifying the logical device number of the disk drive whose
status is requested.
ALL Displays the status of all disk drives, both system and nonsystem. The
default is that if no parameter is included, only the status of nonsystem
disks is displayed.
Operation Notes
The DSTAT command is used to display the current status of one or more disk drives on the
system. For example:
DSTAT ALL
LDEV-TYPE STATUS VOLUME (VOLUME SET-GEN)
1- 07935 MASTER MEMBER1 (MPEXL_SYSTEM_VOLUME_SET-0)
2- 07935 MEMBER MEMBER2 (MPEXL_SYSTEM_VOLUME_SET-0)
3- 07935 MEMBER MEMBER3 (MPEXL_SYSTEM_VOLUME_SET-0)
4- 07935 MEMBER MEMBER4 (MPEXL_SYSTEM_VOLUME_SET-0)
15- 07935 MASTER MEMBER1 (USER_VOLUME_SET-0)
16- 07935 MEMBER MEMBER2 (USER_VOLUME_SET-0)
17- 07935 UNKNOWN
Table 3-7 defines the various status responses.
Table 3-7 Disk Drive Status
Status Meaning
UNKNOWN A volume in the UNKNOWN state does not have a label that the system can
recognize. The volume may be from another system, it may be a new disk
pack, or it may be a volume that has been formatted. An UNKNOWN volume is
available for initialization.
SCRATCH A volume in the SCRATCH state can be initialized. It may contain data, but by
scratching the volume, the user has indicated that the data is no longer
needed.
