its data. When data is being written to a volume, it will be shown in Allocated stat e. When the End Of
Media marker is reached during a tape write operation, the volume will enter EOM state. If the number of
segments on the volume drops to zero after reaching EOM, the state will change to Empty. The volume
may be placed in Deny state by the server depending on the setting of the VV Condition.
Storage Class. The storage class to which the tape virtual volume is assigned.
Map Flags. Information about the state of the volume. Contains one of the following values:
•Never Written – Data has not been written to the volume.
•Retired – New data will not be written to this volume.
•Repack Output – All files on this volume were written there by the repack process.
Max Written Length. The total number of bytes that have been written to the volume. Each time the
volume is written, this number is incremented by the number of bytes written. This number is not
decremented when storage segments are deleted from the volume.
Active Length. The sum of the number of bytes in active storage segments. As segments are added to the
volume, this number increases. As segments are deleted, this number decreases.
Estimated Size. The estimated size of the volume in bytes. It is only an estimate of the number of bytes
that can be written on a tape volume. Depending on the compression characteristics of the data, the actual
number of bytes may be smaller or greater.
Space Left. The estimated number of bytes that may still be written to the tape virtual volume. It is
initially set to Estimated Size and is decremented as storage segments are written. It is not incremented
when storage segments are deleted.
Because of the variable compressibility of data written to tapes, this value may behave strange ly. For
instance, the end of the media (EOM) may be reached earlier than estimated, causing this value to
become 0 quite suddenly. Conversely, EOM may be reached later than expected. In this case, Space Left
will be decremented until it reaches a value of 1, then remain at 1 until EOM is r eached.
Number of Reads. The number of times the tape volume has been read.
Number of Writes. The number of times the tape volume has been written.
Time Last Read. The date and time the volume was last read. If this field is blank, the tape volume has
not been read.
Time Last Written. The date and time the volume was last written. If this field is blank, the tape volume
has not been written.
PVL Job ID. The PVL job ID in which this volume is mounted. This field will be zero if the volume is
not mounted.
Current Position. The address to which the tape is positioned, expresse d as an HPSS Relative Stripe
Address. The Relative Address consists of two parts, the tape section and the byte offset. Tape sections
are the data written between a pair of tape marks. The byte offset is the offset from the beginning of the
current section to the place where the tape read or write is to take pla ce. When reading the tape, this
address is set to the initial location where the tape read begins, then advances as the read progresses.
When writing a tape, this value is set to the Next Write Address, and then advances as t he tape is
written. Updates to this field occur when I/O operations complete, so in some cases significant amounts
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