Technical data

9.5.3 Assisting Users in Mounting Volumes . . ....................... 9–34
9.5.4 Mounting a Volume with Protected Subsystems . . ............... 9–35
9.5.5 Converting an Existing Volume from One ODS Format to Another . . . 9–36
9.5.5.1 Converting from ODS-2 to ODS-5 . . ....................... 9–36
9.5.5.2 Converting from ODS-1 to ODS-2 . . ....................... 9–39
9.5.5.3 Converting from ODS-5 Files to ODS-2 .................... 9–39
9.5.6 Modifying Disk Volume Characteristics . ....................... 9–41
9.5.7 Speeding Up Disk Mounting ................................ 9–42
9.6 Setting Up Disk Volume Sets . . . ................................ 9–42
9.6.1 Understanding Disk Volume Sets............................. 9–43
9.6.1.1 Guidelines for Creating Disk Volume Sets ................... 9–43
9.6.1.2 Using the /BIND Qualifier ............................... 9–44
9.6.2 Creating a Disk Volume Set from New Volumes . . ............... 9–45
9.6.3 Creating a Shadowed Disk Volume Set . ....................... 9–46
9.6.4 Creating a Disk Volume Set from an Existing Volume and a New
Volume . ................................................ 9–46
9.6.5 Adding Volumes to an Existing Disk Volume Set . . ............... 9–47
9.7 Mounting ISO 9660 Volume Sets and Groups ...................... 9–47
9.7.1 Mounting ISO 9660 Volume Sets ............................ 9–48
9.7.2 Mounting ISO 9660 Volume Groups . . . ....................... 9–48
9.7.3 Handling Partially Mounted ISO 9660 Volume Sets .............. 9–48
9.7.4 Mounting ISO 9660 Volumes Using SVDs ...................... 9–49
9.7.5 Handling ISO 9660 Restrictions .............................. 9–49
9.8 Mounting Tape Volume Sets.................................... 9–50
9.8.1 Creating a Tape Volume Set . ................................ 9–51
9.8.2 Mounting Continuation Volumes in a Tape Volume Set ............ 9–52
9.8.2.1 Creating Labels ....................................... 9–53
9.8.2.2 Enabling Automatic Volume Switching ..................... 9–53
9.8.2.3 Disabling Automatic Switching ........................... 9–54
9.8.2.4 Sending Messages Back to Users . . . ....................... 9–55
9.8.3 Modifying Magnetic Tape Characteristics ...................... 9–56
9.9 Dismounting Volumes and Volume Sets ........................... 9–57
9.9.1 Dismounting a Single Volume ............................... 9–58
9.9.1.1 Dismounting Before Unloading a Volume.................... 9–58
9.9.1.2 Dismounting Allocated Devices ........................... 9–59
9.9.1.3 Using DISMOUNT Command Qualifiers .................... 9–59
9.9.2 Dismounting a Volume Set . . ................................ 9–59
9.9.3 Dismounting Foreign Volumes ............................... 9–59
9.9.4 Dismounting a Volume in an OpenVMS Cluster System ........... 9–60
9.10 Using Command Procedures for Media Setup ...................... 9–60
9.10.1 Sample Command Procedure for Setting Up Disk Volumes . . ....... 9–60
9.10.2 Sample Command Procedure for Setting Up Tape Volumes . . ....... 9–61
9.11 Managing Disk Space. ........................................ 9–62
9.11.1 Understanding Disk Quotas . ................................ 9–63
9.11.2 Establishing Disk Quotas. . . ................................ 9–65
9.11.2.1 Creating a Quota File . . ................................ 9–65
9.11.2.2 Monitoring Disk Quotas . ................................ 9–66
9.11.2.3 Suspending Quota Operations ............................ 9–67
9.11.3 Purging Files ............................................ 9–67
9.11.4 Setting Version Limits on Files .............................. 9–68
9.11.5 Setting File Expiration Dates ............................... 9–68
9.12 Using the Analyze/Disk_Structure Utility to Check and Repair Disks . . . 9–70
9.12.1 Reporting Errors . ........................................ 9–71
9.12.2 Reporting and Repairing Errors .............................. 9–71
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