Using CA Vtape Objects › Using Objects for Analyzing CA Vtape Activity › Group Status Object › Working with the Group Status Object

Working with the Group Status Object

The Group Status object contains all the status information about the CA Vtape Groups. The Group Status object is useful for monitoring the status of Groups. You can also perform actions on groups using this object's Action options.

To display Group Status activity

1. Open the Object Tree so it is showing the CA Vtape objects as described in the section Using the Windows Client to Access the CA Vtape Objects.

   CA Vtape objects are displayed in the Object Tree.

2. Click the Group Status object in the Object Tree.

   The table view of the Systems object appears, as shown in the following sample:

   

Note: Click the Help About Object tool bar icon (), to display a description of the field values displayed in the columns in the Group Status object.

Group Status Object Actions Menu

The Actions menu option located on the Group Status object view Menu Bar provides the following options:

• Set Backstore
• Externalization

From the Set Backstore option, the following sub options are available:

• Exclude Vol
  • Group
    • Primary
    • Duplex
    • Both
  • SubGroup
    • Primary
    • Duplex
    • Both
  • All
    • Primary
    • Duplex
    • Both

  The following options are available for Group, Subgroup, or All:

  Primary

  Releases the physical tape last used for primary externalization, directing the next externalization to use a new scratch tape. This action will be performed for the selected Group, Subgroup, or All Groups, based on the chosen scope.

  Duplex

  Releases the physical tape last used for duplex externalization, directing the next externalization to use a new scratch tape. This action will be performed for the selected Group, Subgroup, or All Groups, based on the chosen scope.

  Both

  Releases the physical tape last used for both primary and duplex externalizations, directing the next externalization to use a new scratch tape. This action will be performed for the selected Group, Subgroup, or All Groups, based on the chosen scope.

• Automation

  You can select one of the following Automation options:

  Group On

  Temporarily activates automation for the subgroups within a selected group. Automated subgroups are dynamically held or released based on cache utilization thresholds established through CA Vtape parmlib attributes.

  Subgroup On

  Temporarily activates automation for the selected group/subgroup. Automated subgroups are dynamically held or released based on cache utilization thresholds established through CA Vtape parmlib attributes.

  All On

  Temporarily activates automation for all group/subgroups. Automated subgroups are dynamically held or released based on cache utilization thresholds established through CA Vtape parmlib attributes.

• Hold

  You can select one of the following Hold options:

  Group

  Holds all the externalization group/subgroup queues associated with the selected group.

  Subgroup

  Holds the externalization subgroup queue associated with the selected group/subgroup.

  All

  Holds all the externalization group/subgroup queues.

  Note: These actions will not affect automated group/subgroups. To affect automated group and subgroup combinations, use the Set Backstore -Hold actions.

• -Hold

  You can select one of the following -Hold options:

  Group

  Temporarily inactivates automation for all subgroups associated with the selected group, then hold all of the subgroup externalization queues.

  Subgroup

  Temporarily inactivates automation for the specified group/subgroup then hold the subgroup externalization queues.

  All

  Temporarily inactivates automation for all the automated groups, then hold ALL externalization queues, even for groups that are not automated.

  Note: The -Hold action will only temporarily inactivate automation for those groups/subgroups that were automated, but the hold action will be applied to all groups that meet the selected criteria.

• Release

  You can select one of the following Release options:

  Group

  Releases all the externalization group/subgroup queues associated with the selected group.

  Subgroup

  Releases the externalization subgroup queue associated with the selected group/subgroup.

  All

  Releases all the externalization group/subgroup queues.

  Note: These actions will not affect automated group/subgroups. To affect automated group and subgroup combinations, use the Set Backstore -Release actions.

• -Release

  You can select one of the following -Release options:

  Group

  Temporarily inactivates automation for all subgroups associated with the selected group, then release all of the subgroup externalization queues.

  Subgroup

  Temporarily inactivates automation for the specified group/subgroup then release the subgroup externalization queues.

  All

  Temporarily inactivates automation for all the automated groups, then release ALL externalization queues, even for groups that are not automated.

  Note: The -Release action will only temporarily inactivate automation for those groups/subgroups that were automated, but the release action will be applied to all groups that meet the selected criteria.

• Reset

  You can select one of the following Reset options:

  Group

  Restores the automation status for all subgroups associated with the selected group, based on CA Vtape parmlib definitions.

  Subgroup

  Restores the automation status for the specified group/subgroup combination, based on CA Vtape parmlib definitions.

  All

  Restores the automation status for all group/subgroup combinations, based on CA Vtape parmlib definitions.

Externalization has the following options:

Start

Begins externalization of the selected group/subgroup combinations.

Stop

Stops externalization of the selected group/subgroup combinations.