Defining archive devices for optical disks

Overview

Adabas Audit Data Retrieval uses the archive device table when archiving to optical disk. The archive device table assigns logical volume serial numbers to physical platters of an optical disk device.

This information in the archive device table enables Adabas Audit Data Retrieval to keep archive datasets of different archive subpools and of different owners on different platters.

Navigation

From the "Primary Selection Menu" choose:

  • Option A.4

    The "Select Archive Device Definitions" panel is displayed, where you can specify your selection criteria.

Archive Device Definitions table

PE97AD05 --------------------------------------------- Row 1 of 6
 Command ===> ________________________________________________ Scroll ===> CSR_

 Display Archive Device Definitions

 ID - Insert Device IV - Insert Volumes D - Delete V - Volumes

 Sel Device Number of Sides per Number of Lowest First Highest Last
 Media Medium Volumes MedNo Volume MedNo Volume
 /F010 12 2 24 1 B00001 12 B00012
 /F011 12 2 24 13 B00013 24 BOF024
 /F012 12 2 24 25 B00025 36 BOF036
 /F013 12 2 24 37 B00037 48 BOF048
 /F014 12 2 24 49 B00049 64 BOF064
 /F015 12 2 24 65 B00065 72 BOF072
******************************** BOTTOM OF DATA ********************************






Defining volumes for a new device

To define a new device and volumes for this device:

  1. Enter line command ID in front of any device definition.
  2. In the displayed panel, specify the following information:
    • Name of the device that has been defined in the I/O configuration (HCD)
    • Number of platters of this device
    • Number of volumes (sides) per platter
    • Start volume serial number
  3. Press ENTER to insert the archive device definition and the logical volume serial numbers for this device.

    This will display the message 'start_volser - end_volser INSERTED' at the top of the screen.

  4. Press PF3 to return to the Archive Device Definition table.

Example

In this example, volumes for an optical disk (in this example: Device OPT1) are defined; each platter has two sides.

To insert a definition for the device OPT1 and assign the volumes H00001 through H00024 to this new device, specify the following in the Archive Device Definition panel:

PE97AD10 ---------------------------------------------------------------------
 Command ===> _________________________________________________________________

 Insert Archive Device Definition


 Archive Device Name ===> OPT1....


 Number of Platters ===> 12.. (1-9999)
 Sides per Platter ===> 2. (1-50)

 Start Volume Name ===> H00001







 Press the ENTER key to insert the archive device definitions.
 Press the END key to return to the previous panel.

To display the volumes that have been inserted for this device:

  • In the Archive Device Definition table, enter line command V in front of the device.
PE97AD35 --------------------------------------------- Row 1 of 24
 Command ===> ________________________________________________ Scroll ===> CSR_

 Display Archive Volume Definitions for Device OPT1 Page 1 of 2
 ( LEFT/RIGHT )
 S - Select A - Archive Datasets

 Sel Volume Status MedNo Side RetPd Pool Dsname Prefix
 H00001 EMPTY 0001 01 0
 H00002 EMPTY 0001 02 0
 H00003 EMPTY 0002 01 0
 H00004 EMPTY 0002 02 0
 H00005 EMPTY 0003 01 0
 H00006 EMPTY 0003 02 0
 H00007 EMPTY 0004 01 0
 H00008 EMPTY 0004 02 0
 H00009 EMPTY 0005 01 0
 H00010 EMPTY 0005 02 0
 H00011 EMPTY 0006 01 0
 H00012 EMPTY 0006 02 0
 H00013 EMPTY 0007 01 0
 H00014 EMPTY 0007 02 0
 H00015 EMPTY 0008 01 0
 H00016 EMPTY 0008 02 0

Assigning letters to the volumes of one platter

When you enter a start volume serial number that ends with a number, like in the example above, all logical volumes are numbered sequentially.

When you enter a start volume serial number that ends with a character, an additional panel is displayed where you can enter the letters to be used for the sides of each platter.

Example

To insert a definition for the device OPT2 and assign the volumes H0001A/ H0001B through H0012A/H0012B to this new device, specify the following in the Archive Device Definition panel:

PE97AD10 ---------------------------------------------------------------------
 Command ===> _________________________________________________________________

 Insert Archive Device Definition


 Archive Device Name ===> OPT2....


 Number of Platters ===> 12.. (1-9999)
 Sides per Platter ===> 2. (1-50)

 Start Volume Name ===> H0001A







 Press the ENTER key to insert the archive device definitions.
 Press the END key to return to the previous panel.

When you press ENTER, an additional panel will be displayed where you can assign identifiers to the sides of the platter. The number of input fields on this panel depends on the number of volumes per platter.

In this example, there are two volumes (sides) per platter which are assigned the identifiers A and B.

PE97AD11 ---------------------------------------------------------------------
 Command ===> _________________________________________________________________

 Insert Archive Device Definition

 Archive Device Name : OPT2 Archive Volume Prefix : H0001

 Enter the Suffix for the volume name per side of the platter:
 Side Suffix Side Suffix Side Suffix Side Suffix Side Suffix
 01 ===> A 02 ===> B 03 04 05
 06 07 08 09 10
 11 12 13 14 15
 16 17 18 19 20
 21 22 23 24 25
 26 27 28 29 30
 31 32 33 34 35
 36 37 38 39 40
 41 42 43 44 45
 46 47 48 49 50

 Press the ENTER key to insert the archive device definitions.
 Press the END key to return to the previous panel.

To display the volumes that have been inserted for this device:

  • In the Archive Device Definition table, enter line command V in front of the device.
PE97AD35 --------------------------------------------- Row 1 of 24
 Command ===> ________________________________________________ Scroll ===> CSR_

 Display Archive Volume Definitions for Device OPT2 Page 1 of 2
 ( LEFT/RIGHT )
 S - Select A - Archive Data Sets

 Sel Volume Status MedNo Side RetPd Pool Dsname Prefix
 H0001A EMPTY 0001 01 0
 H0001B EMPTY 0001 02 0
 H0002A EMPTY 0002 01 0
 H0002B EMPTY 0002 02 0
 H0003A EMPTY 0003 01 0
 H0003B EMPTY 0003 02 0
 H0004A EMPTY 0004 01 0
 H0004B EMPTY 0004 02 0
 H0005A EMPTY 0005 01 0
 H0005B EMPTY 0005 02 0
 H0006A EMPTY 0006 01 0
 H0006B EMPTY 0006 02 0
 H0007A EMPTY 0007 01 0
 H0007B EMPTY 0007 02 0
 H0008A EMPTY 0008 01 0
 H0008B EMPTY 0008 02 0

Adding volumes to an existing device

To add new volumes for an existing device:

  1. Enter line command IV in front of the device definition.
  2. In the displayed panel, specify the following information:
    • Number of platters for which you want to define logical volumes
    • Start volume serial number
  3. Press ENTER to insert the logical volume serial numbers for this device.

    This will display the message 'start_volser - end_volser INSERTED' at the top of the screen.

  4. Press PF3 to return to the Archive Device Definition table.