As you may know, Page datasets are defined on the IEASYSxx member of the Parmlib but if you want to avoid the hassle of checking this member or if you would like to obtain more information about them, you can use the following MVS commands to display Page Dataset information:
1. Command: /D ASM
Displays information about the page data sets the system is currently using and the status of the PAGEDEL command.
Example:
RESPONSE=TST1
IEE200I 08.14.54 DISPLAY ASM 182
TYPE FULL STAT DEV DATASET NAME
PLPA 28% OK 8833 SYS1.TST1.PAGE.PLPA
COMMON 0% OK 863B SYS1.TST1.PAGE.COMMON
LOCAL 1% OK 880E SYS1.TST1.PAGE.LOCAL1
LOCAL 2% OK 880F SYS1.TST1.PAGE.LOCAL2
PAGEDEL COMMAND IS NOT ACTIVE
2. Command: /D ASM,PLPA
Displays information about the PLPA page data set.
Example:
RESPONSE=TST1
IEE200I 08.19.40 DISPLAY ASM 236
TYPE FULL STAT DEV DATASET NAME
PLPA 28% OK 8833 SYS1.TST1.PAGE.PLPA
VOLSER DEVTYP SIZE USED AVAIL ERRORS
TST1P1 3390 53,999 15,508 38,491 0
3. Command: /D ASM,LOCAL
Displays information about all local page data sets.
Example:
RESPONSE=TST1
IEE200I 08.23.00 DISPLAY ASM 264
TYPE FULL STAT DEV DATASET NAME
LOCAL 1% OK 880E SYS1.TST1.PAGE.LOCAL1
LOCAL 2% OK 880F SYS1.TST1.PAGE.LOCAL2
4. Command: /D ASM,COMMON
Displays information about the common page data set.
Example:
RESPONSE=TST1
IEE200I 08.28.25 DISPLAY ASM 305
TYPE FULL STAT DEV DATASET NAME
COMMON 0% OK 863B SYS1.TST1.PAGE.COMMON
VOLSER DEVTYP SIZE USED AVAIL ERRORS
TST1P0 3390 89,999 42 89,957 0
5. Command: /D ASM,PAGE=page_dataset_name
Displays information about page data sets.
Example:
page_dataset_name = SYS1.TST1.PAGE.LOCAL1
/D ASM,PAGE=SYS1.TST1.PAGE.LOCAL1
Returns:
RESPONSE=TST1
IEE200I 08.31.01 DISPLAY ASM 328
TYPE FULL STAT DEV DATASET NAME
LOCAL 1% OK 880E SYS1.TST1.PAGE.LOCAL1
VOLSER DEVTYP SIZE USED AVAIL ERRORS
TST1P2 3390 599,399 11,242 588,157 0