MVSConsoleCommands

Most often used MVS (or z/OS) console commands

  d c,k
15.44.56           IEE162I 15.44.56 K COMMAND 551
 K A,REF      DISPLAY ALL DISPLAY AREA DEFINITIONS
    ,NONE     DELETE ALL DISPLAY AREA DEFINITIONS
    ,LL       DEFINE DISPLAY AREA OF LENGTH LL
 K C,D,ID     CANCEL IN-LINE DISPLAY NUMBERED ID
 K D,N        NUMBER MESSAGE LINES UNTIL DELETION REQUESTED
    ,N,HOLD   NUMBER MESSAGE LINES ALL THE TIME
    ,F        MOVE STATUS DISPLAY FORWARD ONE FRAME
    ,H        HOLD DYNAMIC DISPLAY - DO NOT UPDATE
    ,U        UPDATE DYNAMIC DISPLAY
 K E,SEG      ERASE MESSAGE LINE SPECIFIED IN SEG=NN OPTION
    ,NN,NN    ERASE MESSAGE LINE NN THROUGH NN
    ,F        ERASE FLAGGED MESSAGES
    ,D        ERASE OUT-OF-LINE STATUS DISPLAY
    ,N        ERASE MESSAGE LINE NUMBERS
 K N,PFK=(NN,CMD='TEXT')           DEFINE PFK NN AS COMMAND
    ,PFK=(NN,KEY=NN,NN,...)        DEFINE PFK NN AS LIST OF KEYS
                           ,CON=Y  DEFINE PFK AS CONVERSATIONAL
                           ,CON=N  DEFINE PFK AS NON-CONVERSATIONAL
 K Q,R=HC     RE-ROUTE THE MESSAGE QUEUE FOR THIS CONSOLE TO HARDCOPY
    ,R=CC     RE-ROUTE THE MESSAGE QUEUE FOR THIS CONSOLE TO CONSOLE CC
 K S,REF      DISPLAY ALL SPECIFICATION VALUES
    ,DEL=Y    DELETE MESSAGES AUTOMATICALLY
    ,DEL=N    DO NOT DELETE MESSAGES AUTOMATICALLY
    ,DEL=R    ROLL ALL MESSAGES
    ,DEL=RD   ROLL ONLY DELETABLE MESSAGES
    ,CON=Y    DELETE MESSAGES WITH VERIFICATION
    ,CON=N    DELETE MESSAGES WITHOUT VERIFICATION
    ,SEG=NN   DELETE NN LINES WHEN K E,SEG IS ENTERED
    ,RNUM=NN  ROLL NN MESSAGES (DEL=R OR RD)
    ,RTME=NNN ROLL MESSAGES EVERY NNN SECONDS (DEL=R OR RD)
 K T,REF      DISPLAY TIME INTERVAL FOR DYNAMIC DISPLAY UPDATE
    ,UTME=NNN UPDATE DYNAMIC DISPLAY EVERY NNN SECONDS
 K V,USE=FC   VARY USE OF DEVICE TO FULL CAPABILITY
    ,USE=SD   VARY USE OF DEVICE TO STATUS DISPLAY
    ,USE=MS   VARY USE OF DEVICE TO MESSAGE STREAM
 THE ROUTING OPERAND L=CCA IS ADDED TO A K COMMAND TO DEFINE AREAS ON
 ANOTHER CONSOLE, TO CONTROL A DISPLAY IN A PARTICULAR AREA,
 TO RE-ROUTE CONSOLE MESSAGES, OR TO VARY THE USE OF A  CONSOLE.
  

JES2 Related Commands

  s jes2
and we now see the message

 - s jes2
   IEF677I WARNING MESSAGE(S) FOR JOB JES2     ISSUED
  *01 $HASP426 SPECIFY OPTIONS - HASP-II, VERSION JES2 4.1
to which you reply

r 01,format,noreq
You could have provided the statrtup option in the start command as well, like this

s jes2,,,parm='FORMAT,NOREQ'
JES start up now continues (hopefully), and the next message might get thrown your way

   *02 $HASP479 UNABLE TO OBTAIN CKPT DATA SET LOCK - IO ERROR           -
   * REPLY Y OR N TO CONTINUE
The corect reply now of cours eis

r 02,y
followed by
   IEE600I REPLY TO 02 IS;SUPPRESSED
  *03 $HASP436 REPLY Y OR N TO CONFIRM CHECKPOINT RECORD CHANGE
and

r 03,y
Startup of JES now continues, and you might see more messages

      IGF992I  MIH INIT COMPLETE, PRI=000300, SEC=000015
      IEE360I SMF NOW RECORDING ON SYS1.MANX ON MVSRES TIME=14.29.46
      IEF677I WARNING MESSAGE(S) FOR JOB JES2     ISSUED
    - $HASP493 JES2  QUICK-START IS IN PROGRESS
    - $HASP412 MAXIMUM OF 1   READER(S)  EXCEEDED
     *         *IEA000A 00C,INT REQ,42,0E40,4000,,,JES2
                IEE041I THE SYSTEM LOG IS NOW ACTIVE
                $HASP000 OK
                $HASP000 OK
                $HASP000 OK
                $HASP000 OK
                $HASP000 OK
                $HASP000 OK
                $HASP000 OK
                $HASP000 OK
                $HASP000 OK
                $HASP000 OK
                $HASP160 PRINTER1 INACTIVE - CLASS=A
                $HASP160 PRINTER2 INACTIVE - CLASS=Z

  IEE152I     ENTER     CANCEL     D C,K


                                                         IEE159E MESSAGE WAITING
Note: The message $HASP412 can be safely ignored.