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System Administrator's Quick Reference Guide

Creating Volume Sets 

The system master volume is initialized and created when the system is
first installed.

Prerequisites 

The following prerequisites must be fulfilled to create nonsystem volume
sets:

 *  The MPE XL system must be running.

 *  System disk drives must be physically and logically installed and on
    line.

 *  The system master volume must be installed and online.

 *  Nonsystem disk drives must be physically and logically installed and
    online.

Entering the VOLUTIL Utility 

The syntax for entering the VOLUTIL utility is:

     VOLUTIL

The prompt volutil:  is displayed.

Displaying Volume Availability and Status 

From the prompt volutil:, enter:

     volutil::DSTAT ALL 

Note that a colon (:)  is entered before the MPE command.  This is
required when an MPE XL system command (in this example DSTAT) is entered
at the volutil:  prompt.  The colon (:)  is not required when entering a
VOLUTIL subsystem command.

Creating a New Volume Set and Master Volume 

To create a new volume set and its master volume, enter:

     volutil:NEWSET SNAME=setname MASTER=mastername LDEV=nn 

where nn is the logical device number.

This formats, defines, initializes, and labels a new volume set's master
volume.  The device (LDEV) selected must have status of UNKNOWN or
SCRATCH. It cannot have a status of LONER.

Defining and Initializing a New Member Volume 

To define and initialize a new volume to an existing volume set, enter:

     volutil:NEWVOL VNAME=setname:volname LDEV=nn 

This formats, defines, initializes, and labels a new nonsystem volume
belonging to the volume set setname.  The device (LDEV) selected must
have a status of UNKNOWN or SCRATCH.

Defining a New Member Volume 

To add a new volume to a volume set but not initialize it, enter:

     volutil:NEWVOL VNAME=setname:volname 

This is for use when no drive with a status of UNKNOWN or SCRATCH is
available.  See INITVOL command, below.

Initializing a Defined Volume 

To initialize a defined volume, enter:

     volutil:INITVOL VNAME=setname:volname 
     LDEV=nn 

The device (LDEV) selected must have a status of UNKNOWN or SCRATCH.

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