INIT, DEFAULT, and HARDCOPY statements

INIT, DEFAULT, and HARDCOPY statements define general characteristics for all MCS, HMCS, and SMCS consoles in the system or sysplex.

The INIT statement

You use the INIT statement to control basic initialization values for all MCS, HMCS or SMCS consoles in the configuration. INIT lets you control the following:

Specification of the console group parmlib member.
Certain console screen functions for all consoles (activating the PFKTABxx member to control the PFK tables for MCS, HMCS and SMCS consoles, displaying certain information for mount messages, and specifying the command delimiter for operator input of multiple commands)
Message processing (such as activating MPF, AMRF, and the IEAVMXIT message processing exit; and controlling WTO and WTOR messages, the hardcopy message set, and MMS for message translation).
The SMCS VTAM® application for controlling SMCS consoles.

After IPL, operators can use the SET command to change some values defined on the INIT statement. See Table 1, which summarizes console functions that you control on the INIT statement:

Note:

You can also change the values by updating CONSOLxx with the desired value and then issuing the SET CON=XX command. End of change

Table 1. Summary of INIT statement functions
Task
Console function or attribute	INIT statement keyword	MVS™ command to change value	See topic
Planning console recovery:
Activating the CNGRPxx member that contains console group definitions	CNGRP	SET CNGRP	Planning console groups
Controlling the console screen function:
Display of certain information for mount messages	MONITOR	MONITOR	Adding information to mount messages
PFKTABxx member that contains PFK tables for consoles	PFK	SET PFK	Setting up PFKs for consoles
Defining the command delimiter for multiple command input	CMDDELIM	Must re-IPL	Defining the command delimiter for full-capability consoles
Specifying the VTAM APPLID that SMCS is to use on this system	APPLID	CONTROL M,APPLID	Starting the SMCS application
Specifying the VTAM GENERIC resource name that SMCS is to use for the sysplex	GENERIC	CONTROL M,GENERIC	Starting the SMCS application
Controlling message processing:
Activating the message processing facility (MPF)	MPF	SET MPF	MPF and MVS operations planning
Activating the action message retention facility	AMRF	CONTROL M,AMRF	Retaining messages
Activating the IEAVMXIT message processing exit	UEXIT	CONTROL M,UEXIT	Installation exits for messages and commands
Maximum number of WTO buffers	MLIM	CONTROL M,MLIM	Controlling WTO and WTOR message buffers
Maximum number of WTOR buffers	RLIM	CONTROL M,RLIM	Controlling WTO and WTOR message buffers
Maximum number of write-to-log (WTL) buffers	LOGLIM	CONTROL M,LOGLIM	Controlling write-to-log (WTL) message buffers
Activating the MVS message service (MMS) for message translation	MMS	SET MMS	Handling translated messages
In a sysplex, controlling the aggregation of messages returned by the ROUTE *ALL or ROUTE systemgroupname command	ROUTTIME	CONTROL M,ROUTTIME	Aggregating messages returned to the ROUTE command
Controlling component tracing options
Specifying the Parmlib member that contains tracing options for the operations services (OPS) component	CTRACE	TRACE CT	z/OS MVS Initialization and Tuning Reference

The DEFAULT statement

You use the DEFAULT statement to control certain default values for MCS, HMCS and SMCS consoles in the configuration. DEFAULT lets you specify console attributes that control the following for an MCS, HMCS and SMCS console configuration:

Console security by specifying operator logon options
Certain console screen functions for all consoles (ability for operators to hold messages on the screen)
Routing for messages without routing codes or other message queuing information, and routing for synchronous messages that bypass normal message queuing
Determining the maximum value for operator REPLY ids.

Start of change Unlike values in CONSOLE and INIT, operators cannot change all of the individual DEFAULT statement values. You must update a CONSOLxx parmlib member and issue the SET CON= command to modify some of the DEFAULT statement values. End of change

Table 2 summarizes console functions that you can control using the DEFAULT statement:

Table 2. Summary of DEFAULT statement functions
Task	DEFAULT statement keyword	MVS command to change value	See topic
Controlling console security:
Operator logon to MCS, HMCS and SMCS consoles	LOGON¹	V CN(...),LOGON=	Using RACF to control command authority and operator logon
Controlling the console screen function:
Freezing the display of messages on MCS, HMCS or SMCS console screens	HOLDMODE	Distributed mode: Update the CONSOLxx parmlib member. Use the SET CON=xx command to change the value. Shared mode: Update the CONSOLxx parmlib member. Re-IPL.	Temporarily suspending the screen roll
Controlling message routing:
Assigning routing codes for messages without any specified target	ROUTCODE	Distributed mode: Update the CONSOLxx parmlib member. Use the SET CON=xx command to change the value. Shared mode: Update the CONSOLxx parmlib member. Re-IPL.	Handling messages without routing codes
Assigning the name of a console group to receive synchronous messages	SYNCHDEST	Activate another CNGRPxx member (SET CNGRP) that defines the same console group but with different console members.	Display of synchronous messages
Controlling message processing:
Maximum number of REPLY ids	RMAX	CONTROL M,RMAX	Controlling WTO and WTOR message buffers
Note: 1. VARY CN(),LOGON can be used to change attribute of an inactive SMCS (only) console.

The HARDCOPY statement: You can use the optional HARDCOPY statement to define the characteristics of the hardcopy message set and specify the hardcopy medium. You can control how to record messages and commands for the system. After IPL, operators can use the VARY command to do the following:

Change the set of messages included in the hardcopy message set
Assign SYSLOG and/or OPERLOG as the hardcopy medium

For information about using the VARY command, see z/OS MVS System Commands.

For information about hardcopy processing, see Hardcopy processing.

Note:

You can also change the values by updating CONSOLxx with the desired value and then issuing the SET CON=XX command. End of change

Table 3 summarizes console functions you can control using the HARDCOPY statement:

Table 3. Summary of HARDCOPY statement functions
Task	HARDCOPY statement keyword	MVS command to change value	See topic
Controlling logging and system recording:
Hardcopy medium Note: If the Hardcopy function is important to you, you should use both SYSLOG and OPERLOG.	DEVNUM	VARY OPERLOG,HARDCPY VARY SYSLOG,HARDCPY	Hardcopy processing
Routing codes for the hardcopy message set	ROUTCODE	VARY OPERLOG\|SYSLOG,HARDCPY,AROUT VARY OPERLOG\|SYSLOG,HARDCPY,DROUT	Hardcopy processing
Hardcopy of commands by level	CMDLEVEL	VARY OPERLOG\|SYSLOG,HARDCPY,cmdlevel	Hardcopy processing
Defining year format in SYSLOG	HCFORMAT	Distributed mode: Update the CONSOLxx parmlib member. Use the SET CON=xx command to change the value. Shared mode: Update the CONSOLxx parmlib member. Re-IPL.	Hardcopy processing