VTSS Channels

The VTSS Channels attributes provide performance information for the VTSS channels.

Addresses Trapped: The number of unit addresses trapped by the channel interface.

Channel Name: The name of the channel.

Channel State: The state of the channel, either enabled or not enabled.

Channel Type: The type of channel. Either ESCON, FICON®, or an IP link.

Control Unit_Busy: The percent of time that the control unit was busy.

I/O per Second: The number of I/Os per second over the previous recording interval.

Link Type: The type of link. Host is a link from z/OS® to the VTSS. Real tape drive indicates a link from the VTSS to a physical tape device.

Managed System: An internal node name used to identify the system from which this row of data was obtained.

TapePlex Name: The name of the tapeplex that contains this virtual tape subsystem.

VTSS_Name: Name of the VTSS (virtual tape subsystem).