MVS COMMANDS CANCEL COMMAND The CANCEL command is used to immediately terminate a job in execution, a TSO user, a MOUNT

command or output processing for a job. Examples are: C U=userid C jobname C jobname,DUMP cancels a TSO user cancels a jobname cancels a jobname with a dump

DISPLAY COMMAND The DISPLAY command is used to obtain information about system IO, job and console status, and time of day. You can display jobs in execution, device status and allocation, status of hardware configuration, time and date, number of active jobs, tso users, initiators, VTAM network activity and functions, dump options and system requests. Examples are: DA D R,L DM D M=CPU displays jobs running and TSO users displays jobnames and outstanding requests displays current matrix configuration displays channel map for CPU display of map shows operators (.) not on system (-) offline to system (+) online to system D A,L displays active jobs and TSO users on system D J,L displays only jobs currently running DR displays any outstanding operator requests D TS,L displays current TSO users logged on D U,TAPE,ONLINE displays status of device address xxx D PFK displays a list of your program function keys and how they are defined D U,UR displays unit record devices D U,TAPE displays all tape unit addresses defined to the system D U,DASD displays all disk addresses defined to the system D U,TAPE,ALLOC,uuu,1 displays if a tape unit is attached to a specific job FORCE COMMAND The FORCE command is used when the CANCEL command fails. This command allows the operator to force termination of a mount command, force termination of a job in execution, force termination of external writer allocation, force termination of output processing for a job or force termination of a terminal session. Examples are: FORCE jobname FORCE xxx FORCE U=userid forces jobname from the system device allocation for writer xxx is discontinued and the writer is terminated forces userid off the system

MODIFY COMMAND The MODIFY command is used to change the existing parameters of an existing job, TSO/VTAM, or an external writer. MODIFY is also used to change the characteristics of a job. The specified parameters are modified only if the programmer has set the proper indicators. Examples: F xxxxxx,yy changes the parameters in jobname xxxxxx by specifying yy as indicated by the programmer F TSO,USERMAX=nn change the number of TSO users F ROSCOE,SHUTDOWN NOW terminates ROSCOE immediately F ROSCOE,STATUS displays number of ROSCOE users F cicsname,CEMT PER SHUT terminates CICS (add I at the end for immediate) VARY COMMAND The VARY command is used to control assignments and configurations of I/O devices, channels, or CPUs. By using the VARY command, the operator has the ability to vary I/O devices on or offline, vary channels on or offline, vary processors on or offline, change MCS assignments or place a path on or offline. Examples are: V PATH(xxx,chpid),ONLINE V PATH(xxx,chpid),OFFLINE V CH(x,0),OFFLINE V CH(x,0),ONLINE V xxx,ONLINE V xxx,OFFLINE V NET,ACT,ID=1vxxx V NET,ACT,ID=xxx V NET,INACT,ID=xxx MVS CONSOLES D CONSOLES V ###,CONSOLE V ###,MSTCONS displays the consoles varies a device (###) to be a console make a device (###) a master console vary path to device xxx online (xxx = device, chpid = chip identifier) vary path to device xxx offline (xxx = device, chpid = chip identifier) vary channel x offline to system vary channel x online to system vary device online to system vary device offline to system activate lvxxx online to VTAM (lv = local video, xxx= term id) activate line xxx to VTAM inactivates line xxx to VTAM

When the master console switches from one to another the following message is displayed: IEE129I CONSOLE SWITCH, OLD=### NEW=### REASON=VMST