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Working with the Virtual Volume Data Sets Object

The Virtual Volume Data Sets object displays all the information about data sets on the Virtual Volume.

You can display the Virtual Volume Data Sets object to view information about your Virtual Volume data sets. You can also perform actions on data sets using this object's Action options.

To display Virtual Volume data sets

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 Virtual Volume Data Sets object in the Object Tree.

   The table view of the Virtual Volume Data Sets 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 Virtual Volume Data Sets object.

Virtual Volume Data Sets Object Actions Menu

The following actions are available from the Actions menu option located on the Virtual Volume Data Sets object view Menu Bar:

Deq Virt Volume

Looks for any Group Write Requests (GRRs) matching the selected Virtual Volume and dequeues those GRRs.

WP On Virt Vol

Activates write protection for the selected Virtual Volume.

WP Off Virt Vol

Inactivates write protection for the selected Virtual Volume.

Start Recall

Initiates recall processing for the Virtual Volume selected. This should be differentiated from Recall VVDO in that this process will cause the Virtual Volume to be recalled into cache even if a copy already exists in cache.

Stop Recall

Stops recall processing for the selected Virtual Volume recall.