z/OS Volumes

In the Mainframe Navigation view, the z/OS volumes are shown when you expand the Volumes folder of a z/OS node.

This document covers the following topics:

Filtering z/OS Volumes

Before displaying z/OS volumes, you can define a filter so that only those volumes are shown which correspond to your filter criteria.

Start of instruction setTo define a filter

  1. In the Mainframe Navigation view, select the Volumes folder in the appropriate server node.

  2. Invoke the context menu and choose Filter.

    Or:
    Press F3.

    The following dialog box appears:

    Filter volumes

  3. Enter the filter criteria for the volumes that are to be shown. You can use a combination of strings and wildcards (* and _) to display the volumes matching the volume name pattern.

  4. Choose the OK button.

Filtering Datasets on a z/OS Volume

Before displaying datasets on a z/OS volume, you can define a filter so that only those datasets are shown which correspond to your filter criteria.

Start of instruction setTo define a filter

  1. Select a volume in the Mainframe Navigation view.

  2. Invoke the context menu and choose Filter.

    Or:
    Press F3.

    The following dialog box appears:

    Filter subobject datasets

  3. Enter the filter criteria.

    Option Description
    Dataset name The datasets that are to be shown. You can use a combination of strings and wildcards (* and _) to display the datasets matching the dataset name pattern.
    Password System password if volume is protected.

  4. Choose the OK button.

Displaying the Properties of a z/OS Volume

You can display information about a z/OS volume.

Start of instruction setTo display the properties of a z/OS volume

  1. Select a volume in the Mainframe Navigation view.

  2. Invoke the context menu and choose Properties.

    Or:
    Press ALT+ENTER.

    A properties dialog box appears.

    The following information is shown on the Server page of the properties dialog box:

    Option Description
    Series Device series.
    Unit Unit address.
    Tracks per cylinder Number of tracks per cylinder.
    Percentage used Percentage of disk used.
    Total space Total number of cylinders on disk pack.
    Free space Number of free cylinders and tracks on disk pack.
    Largest unit Number of cylinders and tracks in largest free extent.
    Free extents Number of free extents on disk pack.
    SMS control SMS-controlled device/unit (YES, NO).