Summary of MVS message and command processing services

Table 1 summarizes the message and command processing that MVS™ provides. It briefly describes the features of each service, indicates how the service is invoked, and gives the scope of the service in a sysplex environment:

Table 1. Summary of Message and Command Processing that MVS Provides
Service	Features	Where specified	Scope
CONSOLxx INIT	Activate MPF Activate AMRF Specify WTO, WTOR, and WTL buffers Activate MMS Specify default timeout value for aggregating command responses from other systems in the sysplex	Parmlib	Sysplex for activating AMRF and for aggregating command responses; system for other features.
MPF	Suppress messages Retain messages Select messages for automation Specify installation exits to process messages and commands	MPFLSTxx	System
Message Flood Automation	Recognize message floods Take action against flood messages	MSGFLDxx	System
AMRF	Retain action messages	CONSOLxx INIT	Sysplex
IEAVMXIT	Process messages Control color, highlighting, and intensity of messages	CONSOLxx INIT	System
Installation-defined message processing exits	Process messages selected through MPFLSTxx Control color, highlighting, and intensity of messages	MPFLSTxx	System
Command Installation exits	Process commands	MPFLSTxx	System
MMS	Process messages for translation	CONSOLxx INIT	System