Command (Abbr) | Format | Function |
CANCEL (C) | C UUU C U= C C ‘JJJJJJJ” C C UUU C UUU | Cancel a MOUNT command Cancel a time-sharing user Cancel a cataloged procedure Cancel a job in execution Cancel a started catalog procedure Cancel an external writer allocation Cancel the writing of a SYSOUT data set by an external writer session |
DISPLAY (D) | D C D K,T
D U D A D R D T D DMN
D DUMP
D SLIP D PFK D MPF | Display console configuration information Display status information for trace Display CONTROL command functions Display configuration information Display device allocation Display current system status Display system information requests Display local time and date Display domain descriptor table Display status or contents of SYS1.DUMP data sets Display dump options in effect Display current MIH time intervals for individual devices, or device classes Display SLIP trap information Display commands defined for PFKs Display the messages MPF is processing and color, intensity, and highlighting display options in effect |
DUMP | DUMP | Request a dump of virtual storage to be stored in a SYS1.DUMP data set |
RESET (E) | E XXXX | Change performance group of a job currently in execution Assign work to a new workload management service class. Also, quiesce and resume executing work. Force a hung console device offline. |
FORCE | FORCE | Force termination of: · A MOUNT command · A job in execution · An external writer allocation · The writing of a SYSOUT data set by an external writer · A non-cancellable job, time-sharing user, or started task |
MODIFY (F) | F F UUU F JJJJ, | Change characteristics of a job by modifying the job parameters Specify criteria an external writer uses to select data sets for processing Cause an external writer to pause for operator intervention Start TSO/TCAM time-sharing once TCAM is active Stop TSO/TCAM time-sharing Modify TSO/VTAM time-sharing |
SWAP (G) | G UUU,UUUU G On G Off | Use the SWAP command to initiate an operator request for dynamic device reconfiguration (DDR) |
SWITCH (I) | I SMF | Manually switch recording of SMF data from one data set to another Switch a consoles attributes to another console |
CONTROL K | K A K C K C,D K D K E K M,AMRF K M,LOGLIM K M,MLIM K M,ROUTTIME K M,RMAX K M,UEXIT K N,PFK K Q K S K T K V,USE K V,LEVEL | Changing Out Of Line Display Area Specifications Deleting Retained Action Messages Halting the Printing or the Display of a Status Display Controlling Displays in Areas Removing Information From the Screen Activating, Deactivating, or Displaying the Status of the Action Message Retention Facility Changing or Displaying the Number of Allowed WTL SYSLOG Buffers Changing or Displaying the Number of Allowed WTO and WTOR Message Buffers Changing the Time the System Waits for ROUTE Command Responses Increasing the Maximum Number of Reply IDs Changing or Displaying the Status of WTO Installation Exit IEAVMXIT Changing a PFK Definition Rerouting Message Queues Changing or Displaying Message Deletion and Format Specifications Changing or Displaying Time Intervals for Dynamic Displays Changing the Operating Mode of a Console Selecting the Message Levels for a Console |
LOG (L) | L ‘bcde’ | Enter comments in the system log |
MODE | MODE | Control recording of or suppress system recovery and degradation machine check interruptions on the logrec data set Control the monitoring of hard machine check interruptions |
MONITOR (MN) | MN | Continuously display data set status Continuously display job status Monitor time-sharing users logging on and off the system |
MOUNT (M) | M UUU | Mount volumes |
MSGRT (MR) | MR | Establish message routing instructions for certain options of DISPLAY, TRACK, STOPTR, MONITOR, STOPMN, CONFIG, and CONTROL commands Stop message routing MCS Console INFO |
PAGEADD (PA) | PA | Add local page data sets Specify data sets as non-VIO page data sets |
STOP (P) | P JJJJ P INIT P GTF P UUU | Stop a job in execution Stop an address space Stop an ASCH initiator Stop an initiator Stop the generalized trace facility (GTF) Stop TSO/VTAM time-sharing Stop an external writer |
STOPTR (PT) | | Stop continual display of data set status Stop continual display of job status Stop monitoring the activity of time-sharing users. |
QUIESCE | QUIESCE | Put system in MANUAL state without affecting step timing |
REPLY (R) | R ##, R ##, R ## R ## | Reply to system information requests Reply to system requests during recovery processing Specify component trace options after issuing Specify system parameters Specify SMF options Specify DUMP options |
SEND (SE) | SE | Communicate with specific time-sharing users Communicate with all time-sharing users Save messages in the broadcast data set for issuance at TSO LOGON time or when requested List messages accumulated in the notices section of the broadcast data set Delete a message from the notices section of the broadcast data set |
SETDMN (SD) | SD | Respecify domain parameters |
SLIP (SL) | Slip | Set SLIP traps Modify SLIP traps Delete SLIP traps |
START| (S) | S XXXXXX | Start a job from a console Start the generalized trace facility (GTF) Start TSO/VTAM time-sharing Start an external writer |
SET (T) | | |
TRACE | Trace | Start, stop, or modify system trace Start, stop, or modify master trace Start, stop, or modify component trace Display the status of system trace, master trace, or component trace |
TRACK (TR) | TR | Periodically display job information on the display consoles |
UNLOAD (U) | U UUU | Remove a volume from system use |
VARY (V) | V UUU | Change the master console Control the hardcopy message set and the hardcopy medium. Change the status of a secondary console Change the console’s alternate console group Assign and control consoles Place I/O paths online or offline Change routing codes for a console Control an application environment |
WRITELOG (W) | W | Schedule printing of system log Change system log output class Close the system log and discontinue the log function Restart system log after closing |
HALT (Z) | Z EOD | Record statistics before stopping the system (Must first stop subsystem processing with a subsystem command) |