An example of defining a PFK table

The following example shows you how to define and activate a PFK table for a console configuration defined in CONSOL01. In this example, the installation has been using IBM® defaults for PFKs 1 through 8. PFK table MVSCMDS to be created will reside in the PFKTAB01 Parmlib member.

Procedure	Coding of Parmlib Member
Create the PFK table named MVSCMDS	Assign commands to PFK(nn) definitions in PFKTAB01, where nn is the PFK number.
Associate MVSCMDS with a console	Specify PFKTAB(MVSCMDS) on the CONSOLE statement in the CONSOL01 Parmlib member.
Activate the PFKTAB01 Parmlib member that contains the PFK table named MVSCMDS	Specify PFK(01) on the INIT statement in the CONSOL01 Parmlib member.

When you IPL the system, the system uses MVSCMDS to define the PFKs on your console.

Use the same PFKTAB01 member to hold the PFK tables for your JES2 and tape library operators. Figure 1 shows the PFKTAB01 Parmlib member. It contains three tables: MVSCMDS, JES2CMDS, and TLCMDS.

Figure 1. PFKTAB01 Parmlib Member.

For information about using the CONTROL command to modify PFKs for a console, see z/OS MVS System Commands.