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

Storage Subsystem Objects
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The DISK Object
Examples
$DATA00-P
$DATA00-M
$DATA00-B
$DATA00-MB
$DATA03
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.