VARY command

Table 1 summarizes the information that the VARY command provides. Use it to access the pages on which you can find details about a particular use of the VARY command.

Uses of the VARY command for TCPIP activity and functions are described in VARY TCPIP Command in z/OS Communications Server: IP System Administrator's Commands.

Uses of the VARY command for VTAM® network activity and functions are described in z/OS Communications Server: IP System Administrator's Commands.

Note: To change the online or offline status of processors, channel paths, ESTOR elements, and central storage sections, see the CONFIG command.
Table 1. Summary of the VARY command
Command: Topic:
VARY CN,ACTIVATE Controlling problem determination mode for the system console
VARY CN,DEACTIVATE Controlling problem determination mode for the system console
VARY CN,AUTOACT= Controlling problem determination mode for the system console
VARY CN,ONLINE|OFFLINE Placing a console online or offline
VARY CN VARY CN command
VARY ...,CONSOLE VARY CONSOLE command
VARY ...,HARDCPY Controlling hardcopy processing
VARY conspec...,ONLINE
VARY conspec...,OFFLINE
Placing a console online or offline
VARY CU Processing devices or a path to devices attached to a control unit
VARY devspec...,AUTOSWITCH Defining a tape device as automatically switchable
VARY devspec...,ONLINE
VARY devspec...,OFFLINE
Placing an I/O device or a range of I/O devices online or offline
VARY devspec...,AVAILABLE|AVAIL
VARY devspec...,UNAVAILABLE|UNAVAIL
Allowing or preventing allocation from using an offline tape device
VARY GRS Controlling a global resource serialization complex
VARY PATH Placing an I/O Path or Paths Online or Offline
VARY SMS,DSNAME Changing the zHyperLink eligibility of a data set
VARY SMS CFCACHE
VARY SMS CFLS
VARY SMS CFVOL
VARY SMS FALLBACK
VARY SMS, MONDS
VARY SMS,SHCDS
VARY SMS,SHCDS CFRESET
VARY SMS,SMSVSAM
Changing the state of coupling facility cache structures and volumes
VARY SMS,DRIVE
VARY SMS,LIBRARY
Placing an optical drive or library online or offline
VARY SMS,LIBRARY Placing a system-managed tape library online or offline
VARY SMS,PDSE,ANALYSIS Analyzing the state of the PDSE subsystem
VARY SMS,PDSE,FREELATCH Releasing PDSE latches
VARY SMS,PDSE,MONITOR,... Modifying processing of PDSE monitor
VARY SMS,PDSE,MONITOR Displaying current state of the PDSE monitor
VARY SMS,PDSE1,[,QUIESCE(duration|3),
XQUIESCE(duration|5}]
VARY SMS,PDSE1,ACTIVATE[,COMMONPOOLS(NEW|REUSE)
VARY SMS,{PDSE | PDSE1},REFRESH,DSN(dsname)
[,VOL(volser)]
VARY SMS,PDSE1,RESTART[,QUIESCE(duration|3),
XQUIESCE(duration|5)]
VARY SMS,PDSE1,RESTART[,QUIESCE(duration|3),
COMMONPOOLS(NEW|REUSE)]
z/OS DFSMSdfp Diagnosis
VARY SMS,STORGRP
VARY SMS,VOLUME
Changing the SMS status of a storage group or volume
VARY SMS,STORGRP…,SPACE
VARY SMS,VOLUME…,SPACE
Updating space statistics for volumes in the SMS configuration
VARY SMS,STORGRP…,VALIDATE  
or                                                                
VARY SMS,VOLUME…,VALIDATE    
Validating and correcting the VTOC and VTOCIX for a volume or storage group
VARY SMS,TRANVSAM Controlling DFSMStvs processing
VARY SWITCH Placing a switch port online or offline
VARY WLM,APPLENV Controlling an application environment
VARY WLM,POLICY Activating a service policy
VARY XCF Removing a system from the XCF sysplex
You cannot specify the names of extended MCS, HMCS or system consoles in the following VARY commands:
  • VARY CONSOLE
  • VARY OFFLINE
  • VARY ONLINE
You cannot specify the names of SMCS consoles in the following VARY commands:
  • VARY CONSOLE
  • VARY ONLINE