Ken Sletten, Gary Jackson and SS: >>>I'd like to suggest something that people might want to vote for, and >>>allocate "HP money" on, in the "OTHER" category: >>> >>> Allow SYS as synonym for MPEXL_SYSTEM_VOLUME_SET in all >>> commands and utilties. >>> >>>Me? I'd rate it "1", and spend $30 on it. >This is one of those items where you have to believe that >the person(s) that came up with and implemented the design >never had to manage a 3000 in the real world. We have >three volume sets on our 959: USER, BACKUP, and that other >< !@#$%^&*+ long name >. <plug alert> Hey Stan (and others) - we listened the first time! Backup+ uses (and has used for quite awhile) "$SYS" as a synonym for (to quote Ken) "...that other < !@#$%^&*+ long name >." Note we chose $SYS to differentiate it from a real volumeset that might be called SYS. </plug alert>