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Temporarily suspending the screen roll z/OS MVS Planning: Operations SA23-1390-00 |
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Operators might need to suspend a rolling screen of messages to copy information from the screen or consult a messages reference book. To suspend a rolling screen of messages, you can use HOLDMODE to control how operators temporarily suspend or hold screens when in roll, roll-deletable, or wrap mode. Use the following keyword on the DEFAULT statement of CONSOLxx:
When hold mode is in effect, an operator can press enter to hold
the screen and read messages. The following shows the bottom of the
console screen when HOLDMODE is in effect:
The following shows the bottom of the console screen in HOLDMODE
when messages are waiting to be displayed:
The following shows the bottom of the console screen in HOLDMODE
when messages are overlaid by a status display:
To release the screen and return to roll, roll/deletable, or wrap mode, the operator presses enter again. HOLDMODE has system scope; if you define HOLDMODE in CONSOLxx for a system in a sysplex, it applies only to the MCS, HMCS or SMCS consoles on that system. If messages are backed up on a system when a console is in hold mode, hold mode for the console is released. Operators can also suspend the console screen using PFKs if the IBM® defaults for console PFKs are in effect:
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