Using MVS System Symbols in VTAM Start Options

You can use the following MVS™ system symbols in the values you specify for VTAM® start options:

&SYSCLONE: Represents a 1- or 2-character shorthand notation for the name of the system
&SYSNAME: Represents a 1–8-character system name
&SYSPLEX: Represents a 1–8-character sysplex name
&installation-defined system symbol: Represents a 1–8-character identifier. You can define this symbol to be any identifier you want.

The substitution text for these system symbols is defined in MVS and is substituted by MVS in place of the symbols during VTAM startup. See MVS Initialization and Tuning Reference for information about how to define the symbols in MVS.

MVS system symbols can be used to allow a single start option list to be used to start multiple VTAMs in a multisystem environment. For information about how to use MVS system symbols in VTAMLST, see z/OS Communications Server: SNA Network Implementation Guide.