/BIND=volume-set-name
Creates a volume set of one or more disk volumes or adds one or
more volumes to an existing volume set.
The parameter, volume-set-name, specifies a 1- to 12-
alphanumeric-character name identifying the volume set.
An ISO 9660 volume-set name can be from 1 to 128 characters in
length.
OpenVMS requires volume-set names to be unique in the first 12
characters. In addition, if the first 12 characters of volume-set
name are the same as the first 12 characters of any volume label,
a lock manager deadlock will occur. To avoid this problem, you
must override either the volume label (by using the /OVERRIDE
qualifier) or the volume-set name (by using the /BIND qualifier).
You must specify the /BIND qualifier when you first create the
volume set or each time you add a volume to the set. To dismount
an individual volume of the volume set, you must use the DISMOUNT
qualifier /UNIT; otherwise, dismounting an individual volume
dismounts the entire volume set.
When you create a volume set, the volumes specified in the
volume-label list are assigned relative volume numbers based
on their positions in the label list. The first volume specified
becomes the root volume of the set.
When you add a volume or volumes to a volume set, the first
volume label specified must be that of the root volume, or the
root volume must already be on line.
Note that if you attempt to create a volume set from two or more
volumes that already contain files and data, the file system does
not issue an error message when you issue the MOUNT/BIND command.
However, the volumes are unusable as a volume set because the
directory structures are not properly bound.
If you mount an ISO 9660 volume using the /SYSTEM or /CLUSTER
qualifier, and the volume label is not unique within the first
12 characters, you must supply an alternate 12-character volume
label using the qualifier /BIND=volume-set-name. If you choose
this option, then Mount verification is disabled for the device.
NOTE
Once a volume is bound into a volume set, it cannot easily
be unbound. To unbind a bound volume set (BVS):
1. Do an image backup of the BVS.
2. Initialize all volumes of the BVS.
3. Do an image restore to a single volume with the
/NOINITIALIZE qualifier, or do a nonimage restore to a
single volume.
Examples
The following command creates a volume set named LIBRARY. This
volume set consists of the volumes labeled BOOK1, BOOK2, and
BOOK3, which are mounted physically on devices DMA0, DMA1, and
DMA2, respectively.
$ MOUNT/BIND=LIBRARY DMA0:,DMA1:,DMA2: BOOK1,BOOK2,BOOK3
The following command creates a volume set with the logical
name TEST3. The volume set TEST3 is not shadowed, however each
element of the volume set (TEST3011 and TEST3012) is a shadow
set, providing redundancy for the volume set as a whole.
$ MOUNT/BIND=TEST3 DSA3011/SHADOW=($1$DUA402:,$1$DUA403:),
DSA3012/SHADOW=($1$DUA404:,$1$DUA405:) TEST3011,TEST3012 TEST3