VSE/POWER Startup

You can request two types of startup for VSE/POWER: cold start (startup with spool file formatting) and warm start (startup without spool file formatting). When you should use each type of startup depends on why you need to start or restart VSE/POWER. Whether you start VSE/POWER warm or cold, you can start it choosing either of these methods:

Starting VSE/POWER automatically, that is as part of automated system initialization (ASI). You can do this if your system library includes a JCL ASI procedure that makes use of VSE/POWER's autostart function. This is the usual way.
Starting VSE/POWER interactively from the console.

This section describes both methods of starting VSE/POWER. For instructions on how to start VSE/POWER using the autostart procedure, see How to Start VSE/POWER with Autostart (Cold and Warm Start). For instructions on how to start VSE/POWER interactively from the console, see How to Start VSE/POWER Interactively (Warm and Cold Start).

The procedures described in this section assume that the disk volumes needed to accommodate the VSE/POWER files are mounted and that their disk drives are ready.

Reference Material

To startup VSE/POWER you may use VSE commands, VSE/POWER commands, and autostart statements. For detailed information, reference the following publications and topics:

For a detailed description of z/VSE system startup, refer to Operating.
For VSE commands, refer to Using Commands.
For VSE/POWER central operator commands: refer to VSE/POWER Operator Commands.
For autostart statements, refer to VSE/POWER Autostart Statements.