Contents

1 Overview of Volume Security

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Overview

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Terminology

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2 About Volume Security Operations

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Overview of Volume Security Functions

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Protecting Volumes from I/O Operations at Mainframe Hosts

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Enabling Only the Specified Hosts to Access Volumes

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Port-Level Security

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Port-Level Security Implementation

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Prohibiting All Hosts from Accessing Volumes

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Protecting Volumes from Erroneous Copy Operations

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Warnings Regarding Volume Security

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Supported Volume Emulation Types

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Maximum Possible Number of Groups

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Maximum Possible Number of Hosts and Volumes

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3 Using the Volume Security GUI

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The Volume Security Window

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Security Group Tree

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Hosts Table

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LDEVs Table

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The Add/Change Security Group Dialog Box

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The Add/Change Host Group Dialog Box

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The Add/Change LDEV Group Dialog Box

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The Add/Change Host Dialog Box

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The Select LDEV Dialog Box

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The Select Port Dialog Box

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The Specify Security Group Dialog Box

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The Host to Security Group Dialog Box

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The Host to LDEV Dialog Box

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Host Group to Security Group Dialog Box

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The Host Group to Port Dialog Box

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The LDEV to Security Group Dialog Box

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The LDEV to Host Dialog Box

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The LDEV Group to Security Group Dialog Box

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The Error Detail Dialog Box

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4 Performing Volume Security Operations

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Launching Volume Security

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Viewing Security Settings

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Locating Volumes in a Specified Security Group

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Locating Security Groups that Contain a Specified Host

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Locating Volumes in a Security Group that Contains a Specified Host

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XP24000/XP20000 Volume Security User's Guide

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