VINPUT

Read syntax diagramSkip visual syntax diagram VInput VMSGPVMSG data

Authorization

Privilege Class: G

Purpose

Use VINPUT to request the z/VM control program to send the accompanying data to the operating system running in your virtual machine. To the operating system, the data appears to have been entered from the system console.

z/VM, as part of its service processor hardware simulation, assigns to your virtual machine operator console a subset of system console functions. If the operating system running in your virtual machine is able to receive commands from the system console, the specified command is sent by the control program to the operating system where it is interpreted and processed as though it had been entered from the system console.

Operands

VMSG
requests that the command is to be sent as a nonpriority command.
PVMSG
requests the command is to be sent as a priority command.
data
is the command to be sent to the operating system running in your virtual machine.

Messages

  • HCP026E Operand missing or invalid
  • HCP6531E The operating system will not accept commands from the service processor.