The SHOW functions of IMON-BAS enable you to fetch information from the SCI.
The attributes of the deliveries, supply units, installation units and installation items and the relationships between the objects can be output.
If a formatted file is used as the input for another SHOW statement, the names of the installation units and installation items are taken from the input file named in the *FROM-FORMATTED-FILE operand.
If the input file is the same as the output file (OUTPUT=*INPUT-FORMATTED-FILE), the information from the SCI is added to the information already available in the formatted input file.
By piping SHOW statements, you can place all the information you want in a single formatted file. Use the SHOW-FORMATTED-FILE statement to output the formatted file in readable form.
Placement status of installation items
The placement status is the installation state of a file. It is included in the SHOW output.
The following values are possible:
PLACED:
The item was defined in the IDF and found in the SCI. The file is cataloged.
NOT PLACED:
The item was defined in the IDF file and found in the SCI. However the file is not cataloged or cannot be accessed.
UNDEFINED:
The item is in the SYSSII file. The associated installation unit was registered with the Edit:Add... menu function or the ADD-INSTALLATION-UNITS statement, but the item is not included in the IDF.
Installation state of supply units
A supply unit can be in one of the following installation states:
Installed | Installation of the supply unit is complete. |
| Being Installed | Installation of the supply unit is not yet complete. |
| Parked | The supply unit is parked. |
| In Library | The supply unit is only registered and is still located in the library of a file transfer delivery. |
| On SOLIS2 Volume | The supply unit is only registered and is still located on the data volume shipped with Solis2 (tape cartridge CD, DVD). |
| On Local Volume | The supply unit is only registered and is still located on the copy of the Solis2 data volume created by the customer (tape cartridge, CD, DVD or virtual volume in a CentricStor). |
| Being Deinstalled | The supply unit is currently being deinstalled. |
| Partially Installed | The supply unit was only partially installed. |
The SHOW output for supply units can be limited to certain installation states.
Release status of supply units
A supply unit that is already installed in a system and is registered in the SCI can have a customer approval ID. This means it is available for installation on other systems; installation is then based exclusively on the customer approval ID. Using information that is output on the supply unit, the system administrator can obtain information in dvance on which supply units are available for this installation function.