IBM OS/390 manual Understanding Message Formats and Replies, Using Sdsf for System Operation

28.2.3.2 Using SDSF for System Operation

Below is the Primary Option Menu for SDSF showing you the basic panels you can use as a full-screen system operator.

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	HQX1800	-----------------	SDSF PRIMARY OPTION MENU
				-------------------------
	COMMAND INPUT ===>			SCROLL ===> CSR
	LOG	-	Display the system log
	DA	-	Display active users in the sysplex

I- Display jobs in the JES2 input queue

O - Display jobs in the JES2 output queue

H - Display jobs in the JES2 held output queue

	ST	- Display status of jobs in the JES2 queues
	PR	- Display JES2 printers on this system
	PUN	- Display JES2 punches on this system
	RDR	- Display JES2 readers on this system
	INIT	- Display JES2 initiators on this system
	MAS	- Display JES2 members in the MAS
	LINE	- Display JES2 lines on this system
	NODE	- Display JES2 nodes on this system
	SO	- Display JES2 spool offload for this system
	ULOG	- Display user session log
￿	END	- Exit SDSF	￿

Displaying the system log is handy because you can scroll back and forth and search for text strings. There are several panels to display jobs and output, which can show you the backlog of work for initiators, printers, and transmitters. There are also panels for JES2 devices such as printers, punches, readers, lines, nodes, members, spool offload devices, and other JES2 resources.

You can issue MVS and JES2 operator commands from the command line, and many panels support simple action characters and over-typeable fields for JES2 devices and parameters.

Each of these panels provide simple action commands (modeled after the JES2 command verbs) to control the work such as: B-Backspace, C-Cancel, D-Display, E-Restart, F-Forward, I-Interrupt, N-Repeat, P-Stop, S-Start, and Z-Halt.

SDSF has online HELP panels, a Tutorial, and can link to online (softcopy) books on BookManager READ/MVS for Messages.

28.2.4 Understanding Message Formats and Replies

See OS/390 MVS System Messages, Volumes 1 to 5, GC28-1784 thru GC28-1788 for detail message descriptions. The front of each book also describes the general format of MVS messages.

To reply to a WTOR (Write To Operator with Reply), you can either enter

Rnn,¢reply¢ or use the short form and type the one or two-digit reply ID followed by the reply. For example, to reply ²U² to a WTOR with the ID=07, you can either enter ²R 07,¢ U¢², or you can enter ²7u².

The short form is not available when JES2 is not up unless you specify

CON=NOJES3 in the IEASYSnn member of parmlib.

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