Overview of statements to the “privileged SIR”
| Statement | Brief description | 
|---|---|
| DECLARE-PUBSET | Defines general parameters for the pubset that is to be processed | 
| BEGIN-VOLUME-SET-DECLARATION | Defines global parameters for the volume set that is to be processed (initializes the statement block) | 
| END-VOLUME-SET-DECLARATION | Terminates the volume set statement block | 
| CREATE-VOLUME | Initializes disks | 
| CREATE-CATALOG | Creates a file catalog | 
| CREATE-PAGING-FILE | Creates paging files | 
| CREATE-SNAP-FILE | Creates the snapshot file for recording snapshot dumps | 
| COPY | Copies files | 
| CREATE-IPL-VOLUME | Creates an IPL disk (SF pubset only) | 
| MODIFY-IPL-VOLUME | Modifies an IPL disk (SF pubset only) | 
| DELETE-IPL-FACILITY | Removes the IPL facility and boot files of a disk (SF pubset only) | 
| INITIALIZE-PRIVATE-VOLUME | Initializes a private disk | 
| INITIALIZE-PUBLIC-VOLUME | Initializes a disk without adding it to a pubset | 
| START-EXECUTION | Executes the statement sequence (see "Statement editor") | 
| END | Terminates the SIR |