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HELP [ Volume Management ] MPE/iX 5.0 Documentation


Volume Management

HELP 

The HELP command provides online information about the VOLUTIL commands.
When used by itself, the command displays a list of available commands
and a brief syntax of each command.  When HELP is used with a command
name (for example, HELP SHOWSET), HELP displays detailed information
about the particular command, along with a detailed syntax diagram for
the command and an example of its use.

Task 

Displays online command information.

Capability 

No special capability required.

Syntax 

     HELP [ [COMMAND=]cmdname]

Parameters 

cmdname               The VOLUTIL command name for which help is desired.
                      If omitted, a list of all commands is displayed.
                      Optional.

Example 

This example shows how to display command information online.
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|      volutil:HELP                                                          |
|                                                                            |
|      NEWSET     sname vname ldev [perm][trans][gen_number]                 |
|                 [(cname[[,cname]...])]                                     |
|      SHOWSET    [sname] [ CLASSES | VOLUMES | SETINFO | DSTATUS |          |
|                                 STORAGE [;FREE] [;PERM] [;TRANS] |         |
|                                 LABELS [;MPEXL] | STRUCT ]                 |
|      COPYSET        sname from_ldev to_ldev                                |
|      SETDEFAULTSET  [sname]                                                |
|      SHOWDEFAULTSET                                                        |
|      NEWCLASS       sname:cname [(vname [[,vname]...])]                    |
|      EXPANDCLASS    sname:cname (vname [[,vname]...])                      |
|      SHOWCLASS      [sname:]cname [ VOLUMES | SETS | CLASSINFO | DSTATUS | |
|                                     STORAGE [;FREE] [;PERM] [;TRANS] |     |
|                                     LABELS [;MPEXL] ]                      |
|                                                                            |
|                                                                            |
|      NEWVOL         sname:vname ldev [perm] [trans]                        |
|                          [(cname[[,cname]...])]                            |
|      INITVOL        sname:vname ldev                                       |
|      ALTERVOL       sname:vname [perm] [trans]                             |
|      SHOWVOL        [sname:]vname [ SETS | CLASSES | VOLINFO | DSTATUS |   |
|                                     STORAGE [;FREE] [;PERM] [;TRANS] |     |
|                                     LABEL [;MPEXL] ]                       |
|                                                                            |
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|                                          |
|                                          |
|      FORMATVOL      ldev                 |
|      SCRATCHVOL     ldev                 |
|      UNSCRATCHVOL   ldev                 |
|      DSECTORSVOL    [sname:]vname | ldev |
|      VERIFYVOL      [sname:]vname | ldev |
|      COPYVOL        from_ldev to_ldev    |
|                                          |
|                                          |
|      HELP           [command_name]       |
|      USE            filename             |
|      LOG            filename             |
|      REDO           [cmd_id]             |
|      DO             [cmd_id]             |
|      LISTREDO                            |
|      RECOVER        [;KEEP | ;NOKEEP]    |
|      EXIT                                |
|                                          |
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This example shows how to use the HELP command to find out about the
SHOWSET command.
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|      volutil: HELP SHOWSET                                                   |
|                                                                              |
|      Description:                                                            |
|                                                                              |
|      The SHOWSET command is used to display information about a              |
|      particular volume set. The master volume of the volume set              |
|      must be mounted in the MASTER state as displayed by the                 |
|      DSTAT command.                                                          |
|                                                                              |
|      Syntax:                                                                 |
|                                                                              |
|                                             [CLASSES]                        |
|                                             [VOLUMES]                        |
|                                             [SETINFO]                        |
|      volutil: SHOWSET [SNAME=]sname [INFO=] [DSTATUS]                        |
|                                             [STORAGE] [;FREE][;PERM][;TRANS] |
|                                             [LABELS]  [;MPEXL]               |
|                                             [STRUCT]                         |
|                                                                              |
|      Example:                                                                |
|                                                                              |
|                                                                              |
|      volutil: SHOWSET sample_set volumes                                     |
|                                                                              |
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