Mainframe Enablers TimeFinder SnapVX and zDP 8.5 Product Guide

Identifies the devices using the internal PowerMax or VMAX device numbers. The command applies to the specified devices only. The default is no devices.

• You can specify a single PowerMax or VMAX device number: DEVICE(symdv#)
• You can also specify a range of PowerMax or VMAX device numbers. You can write a range in three ways:
  • Separate the lowest and the highest device in the range by a dash: DEVICE(lowsymdv#-highsymdv#)
  • Separate the lowest and the highest device in the range by a comma: DEVICE(lowsymdv#:highsymdv#)
  • Specify the starting device in the range and a count value (in parentheses) that indicates how many additional devices there are between that device and the end of the range. The count value includes the lowest and the highest devices: DEVICE(symdv#(count))
    • There is no limit on the number of devices that are specified as a range or a count value.
    • For most commands, you only use the LOCAL, REMOTE, and CONTROLLER parameters when you use the DEVice parameter. This is because DEVice identifies only a device, not its location.
    • The QUERY commands are different. Because the QUERY commands use a storage system as a target, you can use the LOCAL, REMOTE, and CONTROLLER parameters with them without a DEVice parameter being present. The various QUERY filtering parameters let you isolate the particular devices on which you want to report.
    • You can specify ALL to include all devices.
• You can specify ALL to include all devices.

This parameter can be specified on the QUERY FREE and QUERY SNAPSHOT commands.

Syntax

DEVice({symdv#|lowsymdv#-highsymdv#|lowsymdv#:highsymdv#|symdv#(count)|ALL})