XCF commands

Cross coupling facility Commands SYSPLEX XCF DISPLAY COMMANDS
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D XCF	-	DISPLAYS STATUS OF XCF DEVICES
D XCF,ARMSTATUS	-	DISPLAYS ACTIVE REGISTERED ELEMENTS
D XCF,CF	-	DISPLAYS COUPLING NAMES & INFO
D XCF,CF,CFNM=####	-	DISPLAYS CFRM INFO BY NAME
D XCF,CLASSDEF	-	DISPLAYS TRANSPORT CLASSES DEFINED
D XCF,COUPLE	-	DISPLAYS CURRENT XCF COUPLE INFO
D XCF,GROUP	-	DISPLAYS SIGNALLING RESOURCE INFO
D XCF,LOCALMSG	-	DISPLAYS SIGNALLING RESOURCE INFO
D XCF,PATHIN	-	XCF SIGNALLING PATHIN STATUS
D XCF,PATHIN,DEVICE=ALL	-	XCF SIGNALLING PATHIN STATUS
D XCF,PATHIN,STRN=ALL	-	?????  ( UPDATE THIS )  ????????
D XCF,PATHOUT	-	XCF SIGNALLING PATHOUT STATUS
D XCF,PATHOUT,DEVICE=ALL	-	XCF SIGNALLING PATHOUT STATUS
D XCF,POLICY	-	DISPLAYS ALL POLICY INFOMATION
D XCF,POLICY,TYPE	-	DISPLAYS SPECIFIC POLICY INFO
D XCF,SYSPLEX ALL	-	DISPLAYS ALL SYSTEMS IN SYSPLEX
D XCF,STR=STRM=ALL	-	DISPLAYS ALL STRUCTURES
D XCF,STRUCTURE	-	DISPLAYS LIST OF CFRM POLICIES
SYSPLEX XCF SET COMMANDS
----------------------------
SETXCF	-	TO CONTROL XCF (DEVICES)
SETXCF,COUPLE,ACOUPLE=(####)	-	SPECIFY ALTERNATE XCF COUPLE DATASET
SETXCF,COUPLE,CLASSLEN=	-	SPECIFY LENGTH OF TRANSPORT CLASSES
SETXCF,COUPLE,CLEANUP=	-	SPECIFY THE LENGTH OF CLEANUP *
SETXCF,COUPLE,INTERVAL=	-	SPECIFY THE LENGTH OF INTERVAL *
SETXCF,COUPLE,MAXMSG=	-	SPECIFY DEFAULT MAX MESSAGE BUFFERS
SETXCF,COUPLE,OPNOTIFY=	-	SPECIFY THE LENGTH OF XCF NOTIFY *
SETXCF,COUPLE,PSWITCH	-	SWITCH THE PRIMARY COUPLE DATASET
SETXCF,COUPLE,RETRY=	-	SPECIFY DEFAULT RETRY LIMIT *
SETXCF,COUPLE,TYPE=	-	SPECIFY TYPE OF DATE STORED *
SETXCF,FORCE,CON	-	REMOVES THE ALLLOCATION
SETXCF,MODIFY,-----	-	CHANGES CURRENT XCF PARAMETERS
SETXCF,PRSMPOLICY,------	-	ACTIVATE/DEACTIVATE PR/SM POLICY
SETXCF,START,ALTER,-----	-	SPECIFY STRUCTURE TO ALTERED
SETXCF,START,CLASSDEF,-----	-	SPECIFY DEFINITION OF TRANSPORT CLASS
SETXCF,START,REBUILD,STRNAME,	-	SPECIFY STRUCTURE TO BE REBUILT
SETXCF,START,PATHIN,-----	-	START SIGNALING PATHS AND DEFINE *
SETXCF,START,PATHOUT,-----	-	START SIGNALING PATHS AND DEFINE *
SETXCF,START,POLICY,TYPE=	-	SPECIFY NAME USING COUPLE DATASET
SETXCF,START,POLICY,POLNAME=	-	TO ACTIVATE POLICY BY NAME
SETXCF,STOP,ALTER,-----	-	SPECIFY STRUCTURE ALTERNING TO STOP
SETXCF,STOP,CLASSDEF,-----	-	DELETE DEFINITION OF TRANSPORT CLASS
SETXCF,STOP,REBUILD,STRNAME,	-	SPECIFY STRUCTURE REBUILT TO STOP
SETXCF,STOP,PATHIN,-----	-	STOP SIGNALING PATHS AND DEFINE *
SETXCF,STOP,PATHOUT,-----	-	STOP SIGNALING PATHS AND DEFINE *
SETXCF,STOP,PATHOUT,-----	-	STOP SIGNALING PATHS AND DEFINE *

Stopping JES2

To stop JES2

$PJES2

If $Pjes2 not working then we can use ABEND or TERM commands as follows.

 Note :
  If JES2 is processing any jobs or any devices are active then we cannot remove JES without ABEND or TERM command.In some cases active RJE and NJE lines also prevents JES2 to stop and in such scenario JES2 processing will stop whereas JES2 display commands will work.JES2 will be dormant.

$pjes2,abend

Jes2 terminates immediately killing all system activity,except in one scenario where any checkpoint resides on coupling facility processing a write request.In such scenario $HASP552 and delays executing ABEND command until the checkpoint completes.

If ABEND not working we have to use FORCE.

$PJES2,ABEND,FORCE

Command will pull Recovery Termination Manager(RTM) to immedietely terminate the JES2 address space.

$PJES2,QUICK

    Jes2 attempts to withdraw completely,regardless of any cross-system activity.


$PJES2,TERM

Jes2 terminates but does not terminate active devices and programs.Jes2 hot start will not be possible,need to clear address space before bringing down MVS. This command requires system authority.

Z EOD

The HALT EOD command causes the system to take the following steps:

• Store the internal I/O device error counts in the logrec data set.
• Empty the SMF buffers onto the active SMF data set in SYS1.MANx.
• Switch to another SMF data set in SYS1.MANx, allowing the previously active SMF data set to be dumped according to your installation's procedures.
• Close the system log and put it on the print queue.

When these actions are completed, the system sends you the message:

IEE334I HALT EOD SUCCESSFUL.

OMVS

z/OS provides access to a Unix based environment via Unix System Services (USS). USS can run many Unix programs, shell scripts, and services. USS is also able to take advantage of many core z/OS features, and it can be accessed directly from TSO via two methods: ISHELL (ish) or OMVS. ISHELL provides an interface that those comfortable with TSO commands will find intuitive. OMVS is oriented towards those who are more comfortable with standard Unix commands.

PARMLIB

BPXPRMxx

Starting OMVS

S OMVS,OMVS=xx

xx denotes parmlib member for BPXPRMxx

Shutdown OMVS

1831344 -F OMVS,SHUTDOWN                                        
1831345  SYSA R= OMVS     BPXI055I OMVS SHUTDOWN REQUEST ACCEPTED

Displaying status of OMVS

1831240 -D OMVS,S                                                        
1831241  SYSA R=          BPXO042I 18.31.24 DISPLAY OMVS 186              
1831241  SYSA R=          OMVS     000E ACTIVE             OMVS=(00,FS,F1)

1832267 -D OMVS,S              
1832268  SYSA R=          BPXO042I 18.32.26 DISPLAY OMVS 236               1832268   SYSA R=          OMVS     000E SHUTTING DOWN   3   OMVS=(00,FS,F1)  

1832487 -D OMVS,S                                        
1832487  SYSA R=          BPXO042I 18.32.48 DISPLAY OMVS 269
1832487  SYSA R=          OMVS     000E SHUTDOWN          

Restarting OMVS

F OMVS,RESTART


D OMVS,A=ALL

Display all active process in OMVS

15.39.35 d omvs,a=all                                                    
15.39.35 SYSA               BPX12345 15.39.35 DISPLAY OMVS 519          C
OMVS     000E ACTIVE             OMVS=(00,S3)                            
USER     JOBNAME  ASID        PID       PPID STATE   START     CT_SECS  
SYSPROC  RESOLVER 000F          2          1 1R---B-- 01.43.17    12.7  
  LATCHWAITPID=         0 CMD=asdfgf                                  
SYSPROC  RESOLVER 000F          3          1 1R---B-- 01.43.17    12.7  
  LATCHWAITPID=         0 CMD=EZXXXXX                                  

D OMVS,PID=nnn

Displays the status of individual Process and thread with process ID
nnn=process ID

 15.49.45 d omvs,pid=2                                                      15.49.45 SYSA                BPX12345 15.49.45 DISPLAY OMVS 644         OMVS     000E ACTIVE             OMVS=(00,S3)                             USER     JOBNAME  ASID        PID       PPID STATE   START     CT_SECS   SYSPROC  RESOLVER 000F          2          1 1R---B-- 01.43.17    12.7       LATCHWAITPID=         0 CMD=asdfgf                                     THREAD_ID        TCB@     PRI_JOB  USERNAME   ACC_TIME SC  STATE          1191E90000000000 008FF260                         .057 NOP  Y          


D OMVS,W

Dispplays mount latch and cross system message

16.03.23 d omvs,w                                              
16.03.23 SYSA                BPXO063I 16.03.23 DISPLAY OMVS 756  
OMVS     000E ACTIVE             OMVS=(00,S3)                  
MOUNT LATCH ACTIVITY: NONE                                      
FILE SYSTEM LATCH ACTIVITY: NONE                                
FILE LATCH ACTIVITY: NONE                                      
OTHER WAITING THREADS: NONE                                    



D OMVS,F

Displays file system latch and mount time and date information

16.04.18 D OMVS,F                                                      
16.04.18 SYSA               BPXO045I 16.04.18 DISPLAY OMVS 763  
OMVS     000E ACTIVE             OMVS=(00,S3)                          
TYPENAME   DEVICE ----------STATUS----------- MODE  MOUNTED    LATCHES  
ZFS             8 ACTIVE                      RDWR  11/03/2013  L=19    
  NAME=LSE.CMF.S0S3.CASRGRY                         01.43.16    Q=0    
  PATH=/usr/MAINVIEW                                                    
  MOUNT PARM=FSFULL(75,5)                                              

D OMVS,MF

Information about mount file system failures(displays last 10 failures)

16.08.07 d omvs,mf                                          
16.08.07 SYSA                BPXO058I 16.08.07 DISPLAY OMVS 771
OMVS     000E ACTIVE             OMVS=(00,S3)                
NO MOUNT OR MOVE FAILURES TO DISPLAY                        


D OMVS,MF=ALL

Displays up to 50 failures

D OMVS,MF=PURGE

deleted failure information log

D OMVS,SO

Displays OMVS sockets

JES3 commands

JES3 Commands
JES stands for Job Entry Subsystem
COMMANDS	DESCRIPTION
*C RJP,L=ALL,I	Terminates all BSC lines immediately
*C RJP,L-LILNEnn,I	Terminates BSC line immediately
*C SNAJP,T=ALL,I	Terminates SNA remote immediately
*C SNARJP,T=ALL,I	Terminates all SNA lines immediately
*DUMP	Cancel JES immediately with a dump
*F C=X MDEPTH=X	Change the mdepth of class X to X
*F G,SYn,G,group,off	Drain specified initiators
*F G,Syn,G,'GROUPNAME',15	Start 15 initiators of a specified group
*F G,A3,C,P,ON	Start all class P initiators on system A3
*F G,SYn,group,OFF	Halt specified group (init)
*F G,SYn,GROUP,ON	Start a specified group (init)
*F G,SYn,S MODE,NULL	Drain all initiators
*F J=jobname,C	Cancel job without output
*F J=jobname,CO	Cancel job with output
*F J=jobname,H	Place a job on hold by jobname
*F J=jobname,H	Stop (purge) jobname after processing completes
*F J=jobname,P=nn	Set jobname to priority nn
*F J=xxxx,H	Place job on hold
*F J=xxxx,H	Stop (purge) job after processing completes
*F J=xxxx,P=nn	Set job priority
*F Q,H	Modify  queue to hold jobs
*F Q,P=n,R	Modify queue to release all priority n jobs
*F Q,P=n,R	Inquire/list the top 10 job with priority of NN
*F Q,P=nn,H	Modify queue to hold all priority n jobs
*F S,VA=T-volser	Make volser available
*F S,VU=T-volser	Place volser in MDS unavailable queue
*F U,D=Rnnnn,ND=Rnnnn,N=ALL	Route all output from one remote to another
*F U,J=xxxx,D=Rnnnn,ND=Rnnnn	Route output of job to a new destination
*F U,J=xxxx,NP=nn	Set output for job to new priority
*F U,J=xxxx,Q=HOLD,CL=C	Cancel held output for job xxxx in class C
*F U,J=xxxx,Q=HOLD,NCL=c	Release job from held output to process class C
*F U,J=xxxx,Q=HOLD,NQ,WTR,ND=device	Release job from held output to print device
*f u q=hold,age=5d,n=100,c	Cancels  first 100 , jobs which are 5 days old
*I B	Inquire on backlog summary total by JES phases
*I B,M	Inquire on backlog for jobs waiting conversion
*I B,SYn	Inquire on backlog for jobs waiting execution on SYn
*I B,T=Rnnnn	Inquire on backlog for jobs from remote
*I C=P	Inquire on class P initiators
*I D D,R=nnnndevice	Inquire on status of remote device
*I D D='DEVNUM',N='64'	Inquire on device 800 plus the following 64 devices
*I D,D=device	Inquire on status of local device
*I D,L=ALL	Inquire on status of all BSC remote lines
*I D,L=LNEnn	Inquire on status of BSC line nn
*I D,T=ALL	Inquire on status of all SNA remote lines
*I D,T=ALL,ONLINE	Inquire on all BSC and SNA remotes online
*I D,T=Rnnnn	Inquire on status of remote
*I G,SYn,C	Inquire on status of all classes eligible for SYn
*I G,SYn,G	Inquire on status for all groups eligible for Syn
*I J=job*	Display all jobnames beginning with job
*I J=jobname	Display status of a job by jobname
*I J=xxxx	Display status of a job
*I J=Xxxxx,E	Display estimated number of lines created
*I P=nn,N-ALL	Inquire/list all jobs with a priority of nn
*I Q,C=c,N=ALL	Display all jobs in class C waiting execution
*I Q,D=MAIN,N=ALL	Display all jobs in queue waiting execution
*I Q,H,N=ALL	Inquire on queue for all jobs on hold
*I Q,N=ALL	Display status of all jobs in the queue
*I Q,S	Inquire on queue for spool space unused
*I Q,SP=ALL	Inquire on queue for all spool volumes
*I Q,SP=ALL,U	displays jobs using more spool
*I Q,S=SETUP,N=ALL	Display all jobs in SETUP class group
*I Q,T=Rxxxx,N=ALL	Display all jobs waiting in output queue at remote
*I R	Inquire on all outstanding replies except MDS
*I R,S	Inquire on outstanding MDS (setup) replies/mounts
*I R,S,J=xxxx	Inquire on replies for setup messages for job xxxx
*I R,SYn	Inquire on outstanding replies for Syn
*I S	Inquire for a summary of scheduled jobs in MDS
*I S A	Inquire on scheduled jobs in MDS allocate queue
*I S A,J=xxxx	Inquire on reason job xxxx is in MDS allocate queue
*I S,B	Inquire on scheduled jobs in MDS breakdown queue
*I S DE='DATASET/DEVICE'	Inquire on what is holding a dataset or device
*I S,E	Inquire on scheduled jobs in MDS error queue
*I S,E,J=xxxx	Inquire on reason job is in MDS error queue
*I S,R	Inquire on schedule jobs in MDS restart queue
*I S,U	Inquire on schedule jobs in MDS unavailable queue
*I S,V	Inquire on scheduled jobs in MDS verify queue
*I S,V=ALL	Shows all jobs waiting in the verify queue
*I S,V=volser,E	Inquire on jobs requiring unavaible volser
*I U	Inquire on output queue for total print lines
*I U,CL=?,N=ALL	Inquire for total output lines of all josb by class
*I U,J=xxxx	List output characteristics for a job
*I U,J=xxxx,CL=?,F=?	Inquire by job for output lines by class and forms
*I U,J=xxxx,L=?,PG=?	Inquire on output lines and page count for a job
*I U,Q=HOLD	Inquire on output in hold queue
*Q,H=N=ALL	Display all jobs on operator hold
*R device	Restart output on device from beginning
*R device,G	Repeat data set on printer to print again
*R device,J	Reprint all complete datasets for job on device
*R device,RSCD	Restart output; return job to output scheduling
*R J=xxxx	Restarts a job by jobnumber
*R RJP,L=LINEnn,I	Restart a BSC line immediately
*R Rnnnn,device	Restart output on remote printer
*R Rnnnndevice,G	Repeat data set on printer at remote
*R S,xxxx	Restart job xxxx during MDS processing
*R SNARJP,T=Rnnnn,I	Restart a SNA line immediately
*R SYn,jobname	Restart jobname that is executing on SYn
*S device	Start local device
*S device,CP=+n	Increase copy count of data sets for job on device
*S device,P	Display approx number of lines left to print
*S device,parms	St output device up for printing as specified
*S device,R=nn,P	Forward space output on device nn pages
*S device,RSCD,C	Interrupt device, reschedule, resume printing
*S device,T
*S RJP,L=LINEnn	Start BSC line for RJP processing
*S Rnnnndevice	Start device at remote
*S Rnnnndevice,RSCD,C	Interrupt remote device
*S Rnnnndevice,T
*S SNARJP,T=Rnnnn	Start SNA terminal for processing
*V device,OFFLINE	Vary device offline and terminate the writer
*V device,online,all	Vary device on or off on all systems
*V Rnnnndevice,OFFLINE	Vary remote device offline and terminate the writer
*X RJP	Activate all BSC lines for remote processing
*X SNARJP	Activate all SNA lines for remote processing
*Z Rxxxx,message	Send message to a remote
E CAN,J=jobname,FORCE	To force a job off a system
*V OPSPR1,ON	Activates the printer.

Manual IPL Commands..

Generic commands to bring down system

SE 'message to users informing outage '

TSO STOP

drain initiators...

$PI

P TCPIP

P TN3270E

bring down onlines..

IMS

Xxxx,/che dumpq.

Xxxx,/che purge.

Xxxx,/che freeze.

If ims not going check regions..abdump active regions..still not going thn kill irlm

F imsirlm,abend,nodump

Che=checkpoint

Db2

-prefix  stop db2

-prefix start db2

Thread

-prefix dis thd(*)

-prefix can thd(*)

If db2 still exist

F db2irlm,abend,nodump

Mq

Mqmstr

-prefix start qmgr

-prefix stop qmgr

MqChinit

-prefix start chin

-prefix stop chin

Cics

F cicregion,cemt p shut

F cicregion,cemt p shut I

Adabase

Stop adabasename

Stop dlf,vlf,lla at the last before automation and jes

OMVS

F OMVS,Shutdown

HZR

HZR STOP

F dlf,mode=quiesce/drain/normal  

P dlf

P vlf

P lla

Automation

AO STOP  (AFIRM automation)

P OPSS (OPSMVS/OPSMAIN)

killing JES2

$dline(*)

$pline(line no#)

$pjes2

if jes2 not working then try

$pjes2,abend

killing JES3

*return

RACF

RACF STOP

End Of Day

Z EOD

JES 2 Resources...

JES2 resource have 15 different buffers which serves specific functionality..Following are the buffer which i came across.... In future post will update more about each buffers....

• BERT - Block Extension reuse tables
• BSCB - Bisynchronous buffers
• BUFX - Extended logical buffers
• CKVR - Checkpoint versions
• CMBS - Console message buffers
• CMDS - Console message buffers used for JES2 commands
• ICES - VTAM® sessions
• LBUF - Logical buffers
• JNUM - Job numbers
• JQES - Job queue elements
• JOES - Job output elements
• NHBS - NJE header/trailer buffers
• SMFB - System management facility buffers
• TGS - SPOOL space/track groups
• TTAB - Trace tables
• VTMB - VTAM buffers

JES2 issues message $HASP050 to indicate shortage(s) of one or more of the above mentioned buffers.

JES2 resource shortages might be temporary and occur during periods of heavy utilization or the shortages might be permanent and impact JES2 processing. Typically, a resource shortage is the result of not specifying a large enough value for a resource in your JES2 initialization statements.

$JDHISTORY  -  Command to display history of resource usage.

  

Virtual Lookaside Facility (VLF)

The virtual lookaside facility (VLF) is a set of MVS services that provide a high-performance alternate path method of retrieving named objects from DASD on behalf of many users. VLF is designed primarily to improve the response time for such applications.

VLF uses data spaces to hold data objects in virtual storage as an alternative to repeatedly retrieving the data from DASD.

VLF keeps objects (for example Load modules) in Virtual Storage in order to save I/O operations that would load such objects. Designed primarily to improve performance by retrieving the most currently used objects from Virtual Storage rather then performing repetitive I/O operations from DASD.VLF can be configured by using PARMLIB member COFVLFxx.

Starting VLF

S VLF,SUB=MSTR

Invokes the VLF procedure that starts the virtual lookaside facility (VLF).

NN=xx

Indicates that the system is to start VLF using the COFVLFxx member of the logical parmlib or that the system is to start DLF using the COFDLFxx member of the logical parmlib. In each case, replace xx with two alphanumeric characters that match the suffix of the parmlib member.

Stopping  VLF

P VLF

Parm lib



COFVLFxx



CLASS     NAME(classname)

          {EDSN(dsn1) [VOL(vol)] EDSN(dsn2)...}

          {EMAJ(majname1) EMAJ(majname2)...}

          [MAXVIRT(nnn)]

Data Lookaside Facility (DLF)

Data Look aside Facility (DLF)

DLF is an alternate fast path method of making Dataset available to many batch jobs faster. Through Hiperbatch, applications can take advantage of the performance benefits of MVS without changing existing application programs or the JCL used to run them.

Hiperbatch mainly depends on DLF to access control over expanded storage.

Initially DLF creats a DLF Object and the user will get connected to DLF inturn user can access through QSAM or VSAM .The DLF object exists as long as no users available to use the data/DLF object.Thus we can have advantage of reduced I/O and faster access to datasets.

Starting DLF :

S DLF,SUB=MSTR,NN=XX

NN=XX                       It indicates which COFDLFxx parmlib member to use .

Stopping DLF :

Before stopping DLF we must enter one of the following Modify command to change its processing to the specified operation.

F DLF,MODE=  {DRAIN|D }

                        {QUIESCE|Q}

 {NORMAL|N }

DRAIN
   In drain mode, DLF connects the user to existing DLF objects or disconnects the user from DLF/

QUIESCE

In quiesce mode, DLF only disconnects the user from DLF objects. No new DLF objects are created while in QUIESCE mode.

NORMAL

In normal mode DLF creates and connects the user to new DLF objects, connects the user to existing DLF objects,and disconnects the user from DLF objects.

Once done with Modify command we can go ahead with STOP command.

P DLF

Display  DLF Status :

F DLF,Status

ParmLib

COFDLFxx

The COFDLFxx parmlib member provides the name of the DLF installation exit and sets limits on the amount of storage that the system can use for Hiperbatch.

COFDLFxx

CLASS     MAXEXPB(megabytes)

          [PCTRETB(percent)]

          [CONEXIT(exit-name)]

MAXEXPB(nnnn)

MAXEXPB is a required parameter that allows you to specify, in megabytes, the maximum amount of storage that the system is to use for Hiperbatch™.

The value for n must be a decimal number from 0 through 9999. You can specify up to 4 digits, including leading zeros. The maximum value you can specify is the maximum amount of storage that is available on your system.

Value Range: 0 - 9999 megabytes

PCTRETB(nnn)

PCTRETB is an optional parameter that allows you to specify the percentage of the storage amount (defined by MAXEXPB) that DLF is to use for retained DLF objects. Retained DLF objects are used when the output of one job step is passed to another job or job step.

The value for n must be a decimal number from 0 through 100. You can specify up to 3 digits, including leading zeros. If the value for n is either not in the range or is not specified, the system uses 0.

Value Range: 0 - 100

Default: 0

CONEXIT(routine-name)

CONEXIT specifies the name of the installation exit routine for DLF. This routine must be reentrant and reside in an authorized library in the LNKLST concatenation. For more information about the DLF installation exit routine.