SCF Reference Manual for the Storage Subsystem (G06.27+, H06.04+)

Configuring Magnetic Disks

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Naming a Magnetic Disk

All magnetic disk volumes have two names: a default volume name and an alternate

volume name. Both can be assigned the same name when you label a volume (by

using either the RENAME DISK or ALTER DISK, LABEL command):

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Use the RENAME DISK command when you want to retain use of all the files that

reside on the disk you are renaming.

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Use the ALTER DISK, LABEL command when you want to erase all files on the

disk.

You can name a magnetic disk in several ways:

Caution. Do not rename a volume unless you are sure that other products or applications

(such as SMF, SQL, or TMF) will not search for files on that volume using the previous volume

name:

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To determine if a specific disk is associated with a pool:

> SCF STATUS DISK $disk, DETAIL

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To determine whether the disk contains SQL files:

> DSAP $disk, SQL, NEWFORMAT

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To determine if a specific disk is protected by TMF:

> TMFCOM STATUS DATAVOLS $disk

Task Command Page

Changing the Volume Name and Alternate

Volume Name

RENAME DISK 6-27

Changing the Volume Name and Alternate

Volume Name (Deleting Files)

ALTER DISK, LABEL 6-31

Changing the Volume Name (and Keeping Files) ALTER DISK, VOLNAME 6-29

Changing the Alternate Volume Name (and

Keeping Files)

ALTER DISK, ALTNAME 6-30