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Command Definitions SP-Z
VMOUNT
VMOUNT
Enables or disables the MPE/iX movable volume facility. (Native Mode)
Syntax
VMOUNT{ ON [ ,AUTO] OFF } [ ;ALL,]
Parameters
ON or ON,AUTO Enables the movable volume facility so that all valid user
MOUNT/VSRESERVE and operator LMOUNT/VSRESERVESYS requests are
allowed. When ON is used without AUTO, the operator must reply to all
MOUNT/VSRESERVE requests.
When ON,AUTO is used, MPE/iX attempts to satisfy user
MOUNT/VSRESERVE and operator LMOUNT/VSRESERVESYS requests
without operator intervention.
OFF Requests to use the movable volume facility are rejected.
ALL Prints all volume set mount-related console messages, including those not
requiring operator intervention, on the console.
Operation Notes
If the movable volume facility is enabled when you issue a VMOUNT
OFF command, users having reserved volume sets are unaffected; the command is satisfied
when the last access is complete.
The MPE/iX naming convention for volume sets differs from that of MPE V/E for private
volumes. Refer to the MOUNT, DISMOUNT, VSRESERVE, and VSRELEASE commands in this
chapter.
Once the movable volume facility has been enabled, use the VSUSER command to
determine which users have which volume sets reserved. Refer to the VSUSER command in
this chapter.
The movable volume facility is enabled immediately following a system startup. (The
setting is equivalent to VMOUNT ON,AUTO.) However, you still receive console messages
concerning volume set requests.
The operator has the greatest interactive control over the use of volume sets by using
VMOUNT ON;ALL. The command that least interrupts the operator when users are
accessing volume sets is VMOUNT ON,AUTO.
Use
This command may be issued from a session, job, program, or in BREAK. Pressing Break
has no effect on this command. It may be issued only from the console unless distributed to
users with the ALLOW command.
