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The MVS command to display the defined command prefixes for the subsystems in the sysplex is: /D OPDATA,PREFIX The shorter version of this command is: /D O Note: PREFIX is the default operand so you do not need to specify it. An example of what the DISPLAY OPDATA command will […]
If you come across the need to delete a specific member of a Partitioned dataset and you want to do it via batch job, then you can use IDCAMS for the effect: //DELETE EXEC PGM=IDCAMS //SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=* //SYSIN DD * DELETE USER1.PDS.EXAMPLE(MEMBER1) In the above example member MEMBER1 […]
Here’s a simple way of deleting all members of a partitioned dataset via a batch job: //DELETE EXEC PGM=IDCAMS //SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=* //SYSIN DD * DELETE USER1.PDS.EXAMPLE(*) In the above example all the members (represented by the *) of the dataset USER1.PDS.EXAMPLE will be deleted.
System Management Facility (SMF) should always be active in order to record the LPAR activity. Nevertheless, some times whether for testing reasons or otherwise you may have the need to disable SMF. To disable SMF: Edit the SMFPRMxx member in your Parmlib library and set it to NOACTIVE (the default […]
MVS Commands d a,l All active Address spaces d a,xy* Active jobs starting with “XY” d parmlib PARMLIB concatenation d prog,lnklst Programs defined to Link List d asm,page=all Page data sets & utilization of page space d etr Sysplex timer d grs,c Global resource serialization – contention d iplinfo IPL […]
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