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VOLUME and VOLSER Parameters

For hardware devices that may have a volume mounted on them (tape and DASD devices), these parameters filter the output returned by a DISPLAY DEVICE command. Output is returned only for hardware devices whose mounted volume serial number (VOLSER) matches the specified value. The specified value may be a full VOLSER, or generic VOLSER template containing the following wildcard characters anywhere in the template:

• * to match one or more characters in a VOLSER.
• ? to match a single character in a VOLSER.

Minimal Abbreviation: VOL

Example: DISPLAY VOLSER

The following command displays only devices with mounted volume serial numbers containing the string TSO:

DISPLAY DEVICE VOLSER=*TSO*