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DVA Command—Display all Volume Information

Use the DVA command to display the following information about a volume:

• Volume status (scratch status, CDS number and so on)
• Data set characteristics (BLKSIZE and so on)
• Retention and location information (EXPDT and so on)
• History information (past damage and so on)
• Maintenance information (cleaning and certification data)

This command has the following format:

DVA volser

volser

Specifies the volume serial number.

Example: JCL for the DVA Command

//TLMSINQR  JOB
//TLMSINQR  EXEC CATINQR
//CAIIPT    DD   *
 DVA 001511
//

This JCL produces the following display:

DVA - Display Volume All

VSN=000048    VOLSEQ=001  VOLCNT=0002               OWNER=
  SERVICE=IN  SCRATCH=NO  CDS=00000 FILECNT=00300
*
DSNAME=TEST.PERCENT.USED11                              VER=
  USER=JDVR TEST JOB  UTILIZATION
  BLKSIZE=032000      LRECL=00080  RECFM=FB      MGMTCLAS=

  BLKCNT =000550000     FILESEQ=00010 CPU=XE90      ABEND=

  KEEPDT =mm/dd/yyyy  EXPDT=                     BASEVOL=000048

  CDATE  =mm/dd/yyyy  CUNIT=4E80   CJOB=PCTUSED  CSTEP=STP01

  CTIME  =13.25.33                 CPGM=TEST     CDDN=DD010

  LDATE  =            LUNIT=       LJOB=         PRECENT 001 60

VOLUME

  PURCHDT=            TAPETYP=     MFG=          LENGTH=0000 100

  OUTDATE=            OUTSRV =     STACKING=     ATL=        /000

  CLEANDT=            CLN-CNT=0000 CLN-USE=0011  ERG/MAX=0000/0000

  CERTDT =            CER-CNT=0000 CER-USE=0011  READERR=0000

  KEEPDT =mm/dd/yyyy  EXPDT=           LOC=DC    BOXCCSS=

  MOVEDT =            SCRDT=           DEN=CART  LABEL=SL /N

  RTN-SCHED(1) BY JCL  2DC0000