SCF Reference Manual for the Storage Subsystem (G06.24+, H06.03+)
Storage Subsystem Objects
SCF Reference Manual for the Storage Subsystem—529937-007
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The DISK Object
Examples 
$DATA00-P 
$DATA00-M 
$DATA00-B 
$DATA00-MB
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Object States and Substates of Magnetic Disks
The object state and substate of a magnetic disk provide current status information 
about the disk or a path to that disk. 
Table 2-1. Object States and Substates of Magnetic Disks (page 1 of 2) 
State Substate Caused By Description
SERVICING -- -- The disk volume or disk path is in 
transition and is unavailable due to 
a pending service operation. (To 
take the disk volume or disk path 
out of the SERVICING state, issue 
a RESET DISK command.)
SPECIAL TSM, OSM; 
START command 
or ALTER 
command
The disk volume is being used by 
OSM, TSM, the START command, 
ALTER DISK, LABEL command, or 
some other privileged process.
TEST TSM The disk volume or disk path is 
being tested by OSM or TSM.
STARTED -- TSM or START 
command
The disk volume or disk path is 
accessible for user processes.
STARTING  -- START command The disk volume or disk path is in 
transition from a STOPPED state 
to a STARTED state.
REVIVE  START command A revive operation is in progress. 
(When the revive operation is 
complete, the state of the disk and 
path changes to STARTED.)
STOPPED CONFIG-ERROR Device error The disk volume is configured 
improperly.
DOWN TSM, OSM; 
STOP or RESET 
command
The disk volume or disk path is no 
longer logically accessible to user 
processes.
HARDDOWN ABORT DISK 
command; 
hardware errors; 
no disk in slot
The disk volume or disk path was 
put into the HARDDOWN substate 
by the ABORT DISK command or 
is physically inaccessible due to 
hardware errors.










