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

Storage Subsystem Objects
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The MON Object
Virtual Disk Object States
The MON Object
The MON object represents the $ZSMS Storage Management Foundation (SMF)
master process, which maintains information about storage pools and virtual disks on
the system. The SMF master process coordinates modification services for magnetic
disks and virtual disks (such as defining, deleting, and redefining) and information
services for storage pools. You use the MON object to query and configure the SMF
master process. For more information, see Section 4, Configuring and Managing the
SMF Master Process.
The MON object has this format:
$ZSMS
is the SMF master process.
Wild-card characters are supported.
Example
$ZSMS
MON Object States
The object state of a MON object provides current status information about the SMF
master process.
Table 2-2. Virtual Disk Object States
SCF State Description
STARTED Accessible
STARTING In transition to the STARTED state
STOPPED Inaccessible
$ZSMS
Table 2-3. MON Object States
State Substate Description
STARTED The SMF master process is available.
STOPPED The SMF master process is not available.
SERVICING SPECIAL The SMF master process is reserved by OSM, TSM, SCF, or
some other privileged process.