VARY TCPIP,,START or VARY TCPIP,,STOP

Use the VARY TCPIP,,START command to start a device or interface. Use the VARY TCPIP,,STOP command to stop a device or interface.

Format


>>-Vary --TCPIP--,--+----------+--,----------------------------->
                    '-procname-'      

>--+-STArt-+--+-,device_name----+------------------------------><
   '-STOp--'  '-,interface_name-'

Parameters

procname: The identifier of the TCP/IP address space. When the procname value is not specified, there can be only one TCP/IP address space started. If more than one TCP/IP address space is available and no procname value is specified, the request will fail with an error message.
STArt: Start a device or interface known to TCP/IP.
STOp: Stop a device or interface known to TCP/IP.
device_name: The name of the device to be started or stopped.
interface_name: The name of the interface to be started or stopped.

Examples

The following example shows how to start a device:

V TCPIP,,START,DEVD00
EZZ0060I PROCESSING COMMAND: VARY TCPIP,,START,DEVD00

Usage

Users can be authorized to invoke the command by permitting their user IDs for CONTROL access to the RACF® profile name MVS™.VARY.TCPIP.STRTSTOP.
When the VARY START command is used for XCF connection (specifying the CP name of the other node), the ISTLSXCF major node must be active on both nodes and the XCF TRLE for the connection must be active.