Starting and ending HCD

You start HCD like any other ISPF application in your TSO/E system. The procedure for starting an application is different for each installation but you can probably select HCD from a menu of applications that are available in your system. This causes a TSO/E CLIST to be executed. The sample CLIST that is supplied with HCD is CBDCHCD in library SYS1.SCBDCLST.

After you start HCD, the first panel that you see contains a menu of the HCD primary tasks:

Figure 9. HCD Primary Task Selection panel

                         z/OS V2.1 HCD
  Command ===> _____________________________________________________

                             Hardware Configuration

  Select one of the following.

 1 _  0.  Edit profile options and policies
      1.  Define, modify, or view configuration data
      2.  Activate or process configuration data
      3.  Print or compare configuration data
      4.  Create or view graphical configuration report
      5.  Migrate configuration data
      6.  Maintain I/O definition files
      7.  Query supported hardware and installed UIMs
      8.  Getting started with this dialog
      9.  What's new in this release

  For options 1 to 5, specify the name of the IODF to be used.

  I/O definition file . . . 'SYS1.IODF00.HCD.WORK'                 +


 F1=Help     F2=Split    F3=Exit     F4=Prompt   F9=Swap    F12=Cancel
 F22=Command

If you select task "1. Define, modify, or view configuration data", as shown in Figure 9 and press the Enter key, you trigger this task using the IODF ‘SYS1.IODF00.HCD.WORK’.

To end an HCD session, either return to the Primary Task Selection panel and press the F12=Cancel key or the F3=Exit key twice or use the fast path command GOTO X.

Notes:

How to invoke HCD batch utility functions explains how you can invoke HCD from another program using the HCD programming interface.
To see a description of new functionality of the current release, select option 9. What's new in this release. Here you may find information about SPEs that are delivered after the completion of this document.