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

SPXTAPE
vdev1-vdev2
is the virtual device number or range on which the SPXTAPE operation is
processing.
n,nnn,nnn FILES
indicates the number of files processed to date by the operation. The rate at
which this number changes is an inverse function of the size of the files being
processed.
PAGES nn,nnn,nnn
indicates the number of spool pages processed to date by the operation. The
rate at which this number changes is the rate at which data is being transferred
to tape. Usually this is less than the transfer rate of the tape drives because in
most cases performance is governed by the DASD read rates.
nn% COMPLETE
indicates the percentage of the selected pages that have been dumped. If you
are using the APPEND disposition and selecting additional files, this number
can decrease as SPXTAPE includes the additional files in its processing.
If you do not receive this response during a DUMP operation, then SPXTAPE is not
dumping any files. Possible reasons are:
v One or more tape drives are in “WAITING” state (identified by response 4 or 10),
waiting for another SPXTAPE DUMP command.
v One or more tape drives are in mount-pending state (identified by response 5),
waiting for additional tapes to be mounted.
v One or more tapes are in intervention-required state.
v You placed your virtual machine in CP READ state.
Response 7:
When SPXTAPE LOAD or SCAN is loading or scanning files, it reports its progress
at the interval requested with the PROGress_interval option (or about every 15
seconds by default) by displaying the following response on the screen.
SPXTAPE {LOADING } {vdev }; n,nnn,nnn FILES, PAGES nn,nnn,nnn
{SCANNING} {vdev1-vdev2}
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LOADING
SCANNING
identifies the SPXTAPE operation that is active.
vdev
vdev1-vdev2
is the virtual device number or range on which the SPXTAPE operation is
processing.
n,nnn,nnn FILES
indicates the number of files processed to date by the operation. The rate at
which this number changes is a direct function of the number of files selected
and an inverse function of their size.
PAGES nn,nnn,nnn
indicates the number of spool pages processed to date by the operation. The
rate at which this number changes is the rate at which data is being read from
tape. It is a direct function of the percentage of files that are selected and their
distribution on the tape. For LOAD, it may be less than the transfer rate of the
tape drives because the load rate can be governed by the speed of the
spooling system DASD.