[Info-vax] WWID item code for $GETDVI?

[FrankS]

On Jan 27, 7:53 am, pe... at langstoeger.at (Peter 'EPLAN' LANGSTOeGER)
wrote:
> According to the VMS 8.3 Manuals/Help, "WWID" is a valid code for SYS$GETDVI
> for disks & tapes. But so far I never have seen a value in return for disks
>
> Do you perhaps know, what the restrictions are
> (or is it a bug in VMS V8.3 - and V8.2 and V7.3-2 -  and is still unfixed)?

Works fine for me on v7.3-2.  What does the complete $SHOW DEV/FULL
report for your disk in question?

$ show sys/noproc
OpenVMS V7.3-2  on node AXP1  27-JAN-2010 07:58:16.83  Uptime  47
22:50:14
$
$ show dev /full $1$dga1203

Disk $1$DGA1203: (AXP1), device type HSG80, is online, file-oriented
device,
    shareable, available to cluster, error logging is enabled.

    Error count                    0    Operations
completed               1150
    Owner process                 ""    Owner UIC
[SYSTEM]
    Owner process ID        00000000    Dev Prot
S:RWPL,O:RWPL,G:R,W
    Reference count                0    Default buffer
size                 512
    Current preferred CPU Id       0
Fastpath                              1
    WWID   01000010:6000-1FE1-0005-A570-0009-9441-6959-0018
    Allocation class               1

$
$ write sys$output f$getdvi("$1$dga1203","wwid")
01000010:6000-1FE1-0005-A570-0009-9441-6959-0018
$

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