MVS and JES2 Commands

MVS Commands Cheat Sheet

R n,,NOREQ

Normal JES2 startup reply

K E,D

Erase bottom display area an console

K A,NONE

Undefine the display area at bottom of screen

K E,1

Delete line 1 (top of screen, usually)

K E,SEG

Delete contents of message segment

K N, PFK=(5,CMD='S GTF,580'),CON=N

Define a PFK

K S,REF

Display current console mode

K S,DEL=RD

Set "roll delete" mode (most common mode)

D U,,,380,2

Display two devices, starting at address 380

D U,DASD,ONLINE

Display all online DASD volumes

D U,DASD,ONLINE,C00,8

Display online DASD volumes beginning at address C00

D C,K

Display list of Control command operands

D DUMP

Status of dump data sets

D A, L

List active jobs and users

D PFK

Display PFK definitions

D R,L

List unanswered messages or actions

D T

Display time and date

C U=userid

Cancel TSO user

M 480,VOL=(SL,volser),USE=STORAGE

Typical mount command

SE 'message'

Message to all TSO users

JES2 Commands Cheat Sheet

$A Release all held jobs

$A ' jobname'

Release specific job. Quotes required.

$C 'jobname'

Cancel job or user

$C PRTn

Cancel job on printer

$DA,ALL

Status of all JES2 functions

$D ' jobname'

Display JES status of job or user

$DU,allPRTS

Display all JES devices

$E ' jobname'

Restart job after it completes

$H A or $H ' jobname'

Hold jobs

$I PRTn

Interrupt printing and return job to queue

$PI3

Stop an initiator

$P ' jobname'

Purge a job (including spooled output)

$SI3 or $SPRT2

Start an initiator or printer

$T I3,C=AB

Assign job classes for an initiator

$T PRT3,Q=AT

Change output classes for printer

$DN

Display input queues

$DQ

Display queues

Shutting down MVS