Using Objects for Analyzing CA Vtape Activity

The following sections explain how to use CA Vtape objects to analyze your virtual tape information. The following objects are available:

Systems: Displays information about the CA Vtape systems on a single z/OS image.
Group Status: Displays status about the CA Vtape Groups.
Virtual Device Activity: Displays a real time view of the Virtual tape devices being used by CA Vtape.
Backstore: Displays information about any active CA Vtape Backstore tasks.
Virtual Volumes: Displays information about a MVS defined volume in a CA Vtape system.
Virtual Volume Data Sets: Displays information about data sets on the Virtual Volume.
Externalization Queue: Displays information about the CA Vtape Externalization Queue.
Parameters: Displays the setting for each CA Vtape parameter.
Group Definitions: Displays definition information about CA Vtape Groups.
Peer-to-Peer Remote Statistics: Displays statistics for each Peer-to-Peer connection between CA Vtape and its defined remotes.
Peer-to-Peer Tasks: Displays information on each Peer-to-Peer task active in the CA Vtape system.
Volume Pools: Displays information on every Virtual Volume Pool defined to the CA Vtape system.
Free Queue: Displays information about the Virtual Volume Free Queue in the CA Vtape system.
Set Filter Lists: Displays the Data Set Filters that direct allocations to CA Vtape Virtual Devices.
Dataclass Filter Lists: Displays the Dataclass Filters that direct allocations to CA Vtape Virtual Devices.

These objects are described in the following sections in the order that they appear in the Object Tree.