gtpo1mcqOperations

ZPATH-Path Management

Use this command to:

Requirements and Restrictions

If you specify the UP parameter, you must wait for the ZPATH function to complete successfully before you can enter the ZPATH command again with the UP parameter.

Format




Up
attempts to bring all the paths online that are associated with the specified DASD.

DISplay
displays the status of all the paths that are associated with the specified DASD.

DOWN
displays the status of all the paths that are not online and associated with the specified DASD.

sda1
is the symbolic device address of a DASD.

sda2
is a symbolic device address greater than or equal to sda1. Use this variable to specify a range of DASD.

Additional Information

Examples

All the available paths in the specified DASD range are brought online in the following example.

+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|User:   ZPATH UP 200 500                                                        |
|                                                                                |
|System: PATH0010I 09.29.51 ZPATH PROCESS COMPLETED ON VALID DASD SDA            |
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+

The status of the paths for device 4E0 is displayed in the following example.

3E, 3A, and 2C are the paths to device 4E0. The status of each path is shown by U (up) or D (down).

+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|User:   ZPATH DIS 4E0                                                           |
|                                                                                |
|System: PATH0010I 09.31.44 ZPATH PROCESS COMPLETED ON VALID DASD SDA            |
|        CSMP0097I 09.31.44 CPU-B SS-BSS  SSU-HPN  IS-01                         |
|        PATH0015I 09.31.44 STATUS DISPLAY FOLLOWS                               |
|        DEVICE                STATUS OF PATHS                                   |
|        ------     ------------------------------------------------             |
|        04E0        3E(U)  3A(U)  2C(D)                                         |
|        PATH0029I 09.31.44 END OF DISPLAY                                       |
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+

Related Information

None.