Scope in a sysplex

The following table describes the conditions under which the VARY command has sysplex scope. See Using commands that have sysplex scope for an explanation of sysplex scope. If a command has no entry under “Conditions”, then the command has sysplex scope under all circumstances and for all variations.

Table 1. Sysplex Scope for VARY Command
Command Conditions
VARY CN Has sysplex scope unless all of the following are true:
  • You issue VARY CN(conspec),ONLINE without specifying SYSTEM=.
  • You do not specify SYSTEM= in the CONSOLxx member of Parmlib that defines this console.
  • The console has never been active in the sysplex.
VARY SMS, STORGRP|VOLUME Has sysplex scope under these conditions only:
  • You specify (storgrp|volume,ALL) and all systems in the sysplex are in the same SMS complex.
  • You specify (storgrp|volume, system) where system is a system group, and the system group exactly matches the sysplex (that is, none of the systems in the sysplex is explicitly defined to SMS).
VARY SWITCH Logical partition cluster scope — see the “Intelligent Resource Director” topic in z/OS MVS Planning: Workload Management for more information.
VARY XCF All
VARY WLM All
Parent topic: VARY command