Admin - Storage Pool Volumes workaround

Date:     February 8, 1996            Time:    08:01
From:    Jerry Lawson
    ITT Hartford Insurance Group
    (203) 547-2960    jlawson AT itthartford DOT com
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Several months ago, there was a discussion about a new "feature" in the
Several months ago, there was a discussion about a new "feature" in the
version 2 OS/2 Admin client.  Simply put, the GUI Admin client would not let
you view a list that had over 500 entries - Nodes and File Spaces were the
areas causing most of the grief.  These were addressed via an APAR that was in
cluded in the level 2 PTF (IP20561).

However, there was a similar "feature" in the Storage Pool Volumes option that
was not addressed by the above PTF.  If you double click on this, and you have
more than 500 volumes, then you will get a box up saying only the first 500
will be displayed, the first screen will be put up, but the screen will not be
unlocked.  You cannot get into the View option to limit the search.  This has
been submitted as an APAR, but is not yet available.

The good news is that we have developed a short cut that lets you get by the
initial check, and then limit your search.  This is accomplished by adding the
following 4 lines to the DSMADM.CFG file in your ADSM directory.

Volumes.400  TAPE_POOL
Volumes.406  *
Volumes.417  *
Volumes.9988  136

You should replace "TAPE_POOL" with the name of a small pool (DASD or tape) of
your own.  You should then start up the admin, select Storage Pool Volumes,
and receive a reasonable response.  The "Include" option (under View) can now
be used to further modify your search.

Hope this has some value.

Jerry Lawson
ITT Hartford Insurance Group
jlawson AT itthartford DOT com

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                        Jerry

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