CMS command_text

Issue a CMS command and get the last 20 lines of response sent back to you, the rest being available from the console log.


CP command_text

Issue a CP command and get up to 8k of response data sent to you (the rest is lost).


DATAbase function

Control operation of databases:

DISAble

Disable interactive database access, without shutting down existing sessions

ENAble

Re-enable interactive access

SHUTDOWN

Shut down all interactive database sessions, and disable interactive access


INSTALL function

Software update procedure (LISTSERV-NJE only):

CLEANUP shipment

Remove an installed shipment from the log

CLEANUP BEFORE dd mmm yy

Remove all shipments installed before that date

PASSWORD shipment PW=instpw

Confirm installation of a shipment, when requested by LISTSERV

RELOAD shipment

Attempt to reload a shipment which failed due to a disk full condition

STATus

Get a list of installed “shipments”


OFFLINE

Suspend processing of reader files and disable the GET command


ONLINE

Cancel OFFLINE condition


PUTC fn ft <fm | cuu | dirid> [RECFM=F LRECL=nnn]

Update a CMS file on one of LISTSERV’s R/W mini-disks; note that this is similar to SENDFILE + RECEIVE or LINK + COPYFILE and should NOT be used to update file-server files


SENDFile fn ft <fm | cuu | dirid>

Request the server to send you a file from one of its disks


SF

Synonym for SENDFILE


SHOW function

In addition to the standard SHOW functions available on other servers, z/VM servers support the following functions:

BENCHmarks

CPU/disk/paging benchmarks.

EXECLoad

Statistics about EXECLOADed REXX files.

LSVFILER

Statistics about LSVFILER file cache.

PREXX

Statistics about PREXX functions usage.

STORage

Information about available disk space and virtual storage.

Note: Some rarely-used debugging commands and options for the z/VM-specific SHOW command have been omitted.