SCF Reference Manual for the Storage Subsystem (G06.24+, H06.03+)
Converting D-Series PUP and COUP Commands to 
SCF Commands
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PUP Commands and Equivalent SCF Commands
PUP Commands and Equivalent SCF 
Commands 
PUP Command SCF Command Comments
ALLOWOPENS ALLOWOPENS DISK Permits files to be opened on a magnetic 
disk. It reverses the effect of the 
STOPOPENS command.
CHECKSUM CONTROL DISK, 
CHECKSUM
Reads and rewrites disk sectors in order 
to correct checksum values.
CONSOLE  -- Not applicable to the storage subsystem.
DEFINEPOOL  ADD POOL Adds a storage pool to the system 
configuration.
DEFINEVIRTDISK ADD DISK, TYPE 
VIRTUAL
Adds a virtual disk to the system 
configuration.
DEISOLATE ALTER DISK, 
PHYSVOLSELECT 
OFF
Files can be placed on the volume either 
by the virtual disk process or by a 
placement request that contains a 
physical volume name. 
DELETEPOOL  DELETE POOL Deletes the storage pool specified.
DELETEVIRTDISK DELETE DISK Deletes disks that were added with the 
ADD command. 
DEQUARANTINE ALTER DISK, 
AUTOSELECTION 
ON
The virtual disk process is allowed to 
place files on the volume. 
DEMOUNT -- Not applicable to the storage subsystem.
DOWN  STOP  Stops the object in an orderly way. The 
device isn’t stopped until current activity 
ends.
RESET  Puts the object in a state from which it 
can be restarted. It also stops a disk that 
is currently being revived.
DOWN, HARD ABORT DISK Stops all access to the disk as quickly as 
possible. Disk is left in the STOPPED 
state, substate HARDDOWN.
DOWN [ ! ]  ABORT DISK 
[ , FORCED ]
Stops all access to the immediately, even 
if the command stops the last path to the 
device or files are open on the device
EXCLUDE  ALTER DISK, POOL 
EXCLUDE
Changes any specified POOL attribute.
INCLUDE  ALTER DISK, POOL 
INCLUDE
Changes any specified POOL attribute.










