Maintenance-specific commands
Data Set Commander Version has a set of diagnostic commands that can help IBM® support personnel perform problem investigations.
The commands related to maintenance are as follows:
- MAINT
- VER
- DIAG
- SNAP
These commands are invoked from any main command line of any panel. Each of them is prefixed with Data Set Commander.
Examples:
DSC MAINT
IMAINTThe following explains each of these commands and how to use them.
DSC MAINT
MAINT creates a report that contains information such as applied APARS, current Data Set Commander version levels, and module versions. This report should normally be sent with any Data Set Commander problem report ticket (PMR).
You may enter the command DSC MAINT (shortcut IMAINT)
from the main command line of any panel. It creates an DSC
Maintenance Report
in SYSOUT data set DD(IQILOGPR) of your
TSO session.
DSC VER
This command displays the DSC Maintenance Report
on
your screen. You may enter the command DSC VER
(shortcut IVER) from the main command line of any
panel.
DSC DIAG
The DSC DIAG command (shortcut IDIAG)
lets you turn on the Data Set Commander tracing and function logging
facility. By default Data Set Commander runs with the tracing
facility disabled.
Occasionally, IBM support may ask you to run a failing scenario while the Data Set Commander tracing facility is active.
DSC SNAP
The DSC SNAP command (shortcut ISNAP)
provides you a snapshot of the current Data Set Commander in-core
trace table (if active) or of the entire region of your TSO
session.
Typically, when IBM support asks to run with Data Set Commander trace active, you are also asked to issue a SNAP command at the end of the failing scenario in order to output the in-core data into DD(IQITRSNP) of your TSO session so that it can be sent to IBM for further analysis.