Monday, March 10, 2014

MVS Commands Differentiations



   In Z/OS Commands are broadly classified /divided into six different categories. And in a given point of time system has the limitation of executing only 50 commands at a time. Remaining commands will be in wait state for execution.
To view the commands which are waiting for execution operator can use the following command
CMDS
Operator can able to remove the commands which are in waiting status.. the removed command will issue the message IEE065I in console with abend code 422.
Following are the list of command classes available in Z/OS
Ø Class M1 commands
Ø Class M2 commands
Ø Class M3 commands
Ø Class C1 commands
Ø Class C2 commands
Ø Class C3 commands

Following are the list of commands available under each classes..,
Class M1 commands

  
M1 commands are used to clear backlogs and are essential commands and are attached to Master address space.
·        DISPLAY GRS
·        DISPLAY MPF
·        DISPLAY MSGFLD
·        DISPLAY SLIP
·        DISPLAY XCF
·        DUMP
·        DUMPDS
·        QUIESCE
·        SET
·        SETMF
·        SETXCF
·        SLIP
·        VARY XCF

Class M2 commands

  
M2 commands are common MVS  and are attached to Master address space.
·        ACTIVATE
D LOGGER
·        CONFIG
D LOGREC
·        DEVSERV
 D MATRIX
·        DISPLAY ALLOC
 D MMS
·        DISPLAY APPC

·        DISPLAY ASCH
 D PARMLIB
·        DISPLAY ASM
D PROD
·        DISPLAY CEE
D PROG
·        DISPLAY CF
D RRS
·        DISPLAY CNGRP
D RTLS
·        DISPLAY DIAG
D SMF
·        DISPLAY DLF
 D SMS
·        DISPLAY DUMP
D SSI
·        DISPLAY ETR
 D SYMBOLS
·        DISPLAY HIS
D TCPIP
·        DISPLAY IOS
 D TRACE
·        DISPLAY IKJTSO
D U
·        DISPLAY IPLINFO
D UNI
·        DISPLAY LLA
D VIRTSTOR
·        DISPLAY WLM
SETPROG
·        HALT EOD
SETSMF
·        IOACTION
SETSMS
·        LIBRARY
SETSSI
·        LOGON (not MCS)
SETUNI
·        MOUNT
START
·        PAGEADD
SWAP
·        PAGEDEL
SWITCH SMF
·        RESET jobname
TRACE
·        SETALLOC
 UNLOAD
·        SETAPPC
VARY GRS
·        SETCEE

·        SETETR
VARY PATH
·        SETGRS
VARY SMS
·        SETIOS
VARY SWITCH
·        SETLOGR
VARY TCPIP
·        SETLOAD
VARY WLM
·        SETLOGRC
D OMVS
·        SETOMVS
V ONLINE/OFFLINE




Class M3 commands

  
M3 commands are common MVS  and are attached to Master address space and it takes more time to execute.
·        SEND


Class C1 commands

  
C1 commands are used to clear backlogs  and are attached to Console address space .
·        DISPLAY CONSOLES
·        DISPLAY EMCS
·        DISPLAY R
·        LOGOFF
·        LOGON (MCS)
·        REPLY
·        VARY CN
·        VARY CONSOLE
Class C2 commands

  
C2 commands are common commands  and are attached to Console address space .
·        CHNGDUMP
·        CONTROL M
·        DISPLAY A
·        DISPLAY C,K
·        DISPLAY JOBS
·        DISPLAY OPDATA
·        DISPLAY PFK
·        DISPLAY TS
·        RESET CN
·        SETCON
Class C3 commands

  
C3 commands are used simple commands and are attached to Console address space .These commands used to take more time to execute.
·        Route