Administrator's Reference

VARY (Bring a Random Access Volume Online or Offline)

Use this command to make a random access volume online or offline to the server as a database, recovery log, or storage pool volume. This command is valid only for volumes on random access devices. For example, use this command during maintenance or corrective action of a random access volume. You cannot vary a random access volume online that is defined as unavailable.

Privilege Class

To issue this command, you must have system privilege or operator privilege.

Syntax

                                   .-Wait--=--No------.
>>-VARy--+-ONline--+--volume_name--+------------------+--------><
         '-OFfline-'               '-Wait--=--+-No--+-'
                                              '-Yes-'
 
 

Parameters

ONline

Specifies that the server can use the random access volume.

OFfline

Specifies that the server cannot use the volume.

volume_name (Required)

Specifies the volume identifier. Volume names cannot contain embedded blanks or equal signs.

Wait

Specifies whether to wait for the server to complete processing this command in the foreground. This parameter is optional. The default is NO. Possible values are:

No

Specifies that the server processes this command in the background, while other tasks run. The server displays messages created from the background process either in the activity log or the server console, depending on where messages are logged.

Yes

Specifies that the server processes this command in the foreground. Wait for the command to complete before you continue with other tasks. The server displays the output messages to the administrative client when the command completes.

Examples

Task

Make volume /adsm/stgvol/1 available to the server for use as a database volume.

Command:

vary online /adsm/stgvol/1

Related Commands

Table 338. Commands Related to VARY