z/VM: CP Commands and Utilities Reference - z/VM - IBM

QUERY VIRTUAL DASD
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Query
Authorization
Purpose
Operands
Usage Notes
Responses
Virtual
DAsd
Privilege Class: G
Use QUERY VIRTUAL DASD to display the status of all DASDs accessible to your
virtual machine, including temporary disks (T-disks) and virtual disks in storage.
DETAILS
displays additional information for DASD as well as the usual response, if
applicable.
1. The DETAILS operand is meaningful only for dedicated DASDs or minidisk
DASDs on a cache subsystem. The response for other virtual DASD remains
the same.
Response 1:
DETAILS
DASD vdev type {volid } {R/W} {nnnnn CYL } ON DASD rdev [SUBCHANNEL=vsub]
{(TEMP)} {R/O} {nnnnnnn BLK}
displays for each minidisk or temporary disk in your virtual machine.
vdev
is the virtual device number.
type
is an IBM direct access device type.
QUERY VIRTUAL DASD
volid
(TEMP)
(VDSK)
identifies the volume label of the real device on which your virtual disk resides.
(TEMP) indicates that your virtual DASD has been defined from system
temporary disk space (a T-disk). (VDSK) indicates that your virtual DASD has
been simulated in system storage (a virtual disk in storage).
R/W
R/O
identifies the type of access you have to the disk. R/O is read-only access; R/W
is read and write access.
nnnnn CYL
identifies the number of cylinders on the virtual CKD or ECKD DASD device.
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