VOLUTIL Commands

VOLUTIL commands are organized into groups depending on the ending of the command. Commands that end with SET, CLASS, or VOL operate on sets, classes, and volumes, respectively.

All of the VOLUTIL commands are described in this chapter. Enter a VOLUTIL command after the VOLUTIL prompt is displayed. The VOLUTIL prompt, volutil: , displays when the VOLUTIL utility is running.

   volutil:  SHOWSET PROD_SET VOLUMES

VOLUTIL commands can be input in uppercase or lowercase like any system command.

Table 5-1 VOLUTIL Commands

Command	Type	Task
`ALTERVOL`	Volume	Changes permanent and transient disk storage space.
`COPYVOL`	Volume	Copies data from one disk volume to another.
`DSECTORSVOL`	Volume	Detects defective sectors.
`FORMATVOL`	Volume	Formats a volume.
`INITVOL`	Volume	Initializes a volume that was previously defined by `NEWVOL`.
`NEWVOL`	Volume	Adds a new volume to a volume set.
`SCRATCHVOL`	Volume	Places a volume in the `SCRATCH` state.
`SHOWVOL`	Volume	Displays volume information.
`UNSCRATCHVOL`	Volume	Unscratches a volume.
`VERIFYVOL`	Volume	Verifies that the data on a volume can be read.
`COPYSET`	Set	Copies data from one volume set to another.
`NEWSET`	Set	Creates a new volume set.
`SETDEFAULTSET`	Set	Changes the default volume set.
`SHOWDEFAULTSET`	Set	Shows the default volume set.
`SHOWSET`	Set	Displays volume set information.
`EXPANDCLASS`	Class	Adds a volume to an existing volume class.
`NEWCLASS`	Class	Creates a new volume class.
`SHOWCLASS`	Class	Displays volume class information.
`DO`	Misc.	Reexecutes commands from the command history stack.
`EXIT`	Misc.	Exits VOLUTIL.
`HELP`	Misc.	Displays information about VOLUTIL commands online.
`LISTREDO`	Misc.	Lists commands in the command history stack.
`LOG`	Misc.	Sends user input and output to a log file.
`RECOVER`	Misc.	Copies files, from tape, that have been previously saved by the DISCUTIL utility.
`REDO`	Misc.	Reexecutes a command from the command history stack.
`SHOWUSAGE`	Misc.	Displays contiguous workspace that can be reallocated to make free space.
`USE`	Misc.	Processes VOLUTIL commands in an ASCII file.

VOLUTIL Commands

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