Commands overview

The commands contained in this reference are Content Manager OnDemand server commands and commands that you can use to control the archive storage manager and the database manager. The commands are performed by a set of utility programs which may be executed in a variety of ways:
  • Under USS (UNIX System Services)
    • Run from TSO command line using OMVS command
    • Invoked by another program
    • Run as a shell script
  • Under native z/OS®
    • Run as a started task
    • Invoke by a batch job JCL EXEC statement as the entry program in a job step
    • Run from a batch job as a called program in a job step
IBM® recommends that all commands be run under a started task.

The ARS utility programs require that the procedure ARSSOCKD be running as a started task before they are invoked; ARSSOCKD executes the server. This procedure was customized to run in your operating environment when OnDemand was installed.

In the following chapters the utility programs are presented in alphabetical order. Each chapter contains a description of a utility program's purpose, syntax diagrams for each function that program performs, and descriptions of the parameters which can be used to enter commands to that program. Examples and general information about using the commands have also been included.