VARY COMMANDS


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|  *** Varying Console, Hardcopy Log, I/O Device/Path, GRS and SMS Status ***  |
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|    Command: VARY                         Supported MVS Levels: SP1|XA|ESA    |
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|   Overview: The VARY command may be used to perform the following:           |
|             o  Assign and control Multiple Console Support (MCS) Consoles,   |
|             o  Change the status and/or location of the Master Console,      |
|             o  Control I/O device status, hardcopy log status and the        |
|                Global Resource Serialization (GRS) complex,                  |
|             o  Under MVS/SP1 the VARY command allows you to control the      |
|                online or offline status of channels, processors and real     |
|                storage (use the CONFIG command to control these types of     |
|                resources for MVS/XA & ESA),                                  |
|             o  Beginning with MVS/XA you can place I/O Paths online or       |
|                offline and change the System Managed Storage (SMS) status    |
|                of storage groups and volumes,                                |
|             o  Under MVS/ESA the status of optical drives and the Cross      |
|                System Coupling Facility (XCF) sysplex can be controlled      |
|                through the VARY command.                                     |
|             o  ESAv5 provides the ability to control workload management     |
|                service policies and enhanced capability for controlling the  |
|                system console.                                               |
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|     Syntax:                                                                  |
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|    V   | (untadr{,untadr...})  |,ONLINE                               |      |
|    VARY| (devnum{,devnum...})  |                                      |      |
|        | ({/}devnum,...)       |,OFFLINE                              |      |
|        | (O-unit{,O-unit...})  |                                      |      |
|        | (I-unit,O-unit){,     |,MSTCONS                              |      |
|        | (I-unit,O-unit)...}   |                                      |      |
|        |                       |,CONSOLE|,AUTH=|MASTER           |    |      |
|        |                                |      |ALL              |    |      |
|        | CN(*|consoleid{,consoleid...}) |      |INFO             |    |      |
|        |                                |      |(|SYS|,IO|,CONS|)|    |      |
|        |                                |                             |      |
|        |                                |,ROUT=|ALL                 | |      |
|        |                                |      |NONE                | |      |
|        |                                |      |(rtcode,{rtcode}...)| |      |
|        |                                |      |(rtcode-rtcode)     | |      |
|        |                                |                             |      |
|        |                                |,ALTCONS=|untadr       |     |      |
|        |                                |         |devnum       |     |      |
|        |                                |         |I-unit,O-unit|     |      |
|        |                                |         |O-unit       |     |      |
|        |                                |                             |      |
|        |                                |,AROUT=(rtcode,{rtcode}...)  |      |
|        |                                |       (rtcode-rtcode)       |      |
|        |                                |                             |      |
|        |                                |,DROUT=(rtcode,{rtcode}...)  |      |
|        |                                |       (rtcode-rtcode)       |      |
|        |                                |                             |      |
|        |                                |,UD=|Y|                      |      |
|        |                                |    |N|                      |      |
|        |                                |                             |      |
|        |                                |,MSCOPE=|(*ALL)          |   |      |
|        |                                |        |(*{,name}...)   |   |      |
|        |                                |        |(name{,name...})|   |      |
|        |                                |                             |      |
|        |                                |,AMSCOPE=|(*{,name}...)   |  |      |
|        |                                |         |(name{,name...})|  |      |
|        |                                |                             |      |
|        |                                |,DMSCOPE=|(*{,name}...)   |  |      |
|        |                                |         |(name{,name...})|  |      |
|        |                                |                             |      |
|        |                                |,ALTGRP={name|*NONE*}        |      |
|        |                                |                             |      |
|        |                                |,ONLINE|,SYSTEM=sysname|     |      |
|        |                                |       |,FORCE         |     |      |
|        |                                |                             |      |
|        |                                |,OFFLINE                     |      |
|        |                                |                             |      |
|        |                                                                     |
|        | CN(conspecif|*), | {ACTIVATE|ACT}      |                            |
|        |                  | {DEACTIVATE|DEACT}  |                            |
|        |                                                                     |
|        | SYSLOG|,HARDCPY|,OFF   |                                            |
|        | device|        |       |                                            |
|        | untadr|        |,NOCMDS|,ROUT=|ALL                |  |              |
|        |conname|        |,INCMDS|      |NONE               |  |              |
|        |OPERLOG|        |,STCMDS|      |(rtcode{,rtcode...}|  |              |
|        |       |        |,CMDS  |                             |              |
|        |                        |,AROUT=(rtcode,{rtcode}...)  |              |
|        |                        |                             |              |
|        |                        |,DROUT=(rtcode,{rtcode}...)  |              |
|        |                        |,UD={Y | N}                  |              |
|        |                        |,OFF                         |              |
|        |                        |                             |              |
|        |                                                                     |
|        |                                                                     |
|        | (untadr{,untadr...})  |,ONLINE|,UNCOND |,FORCE                      |
|        | (devnum{,devnum...})  |       |,SHR    |                            |
|        | (xxx-yyy{,xxx-yyy...})|       |,RESET  |                            |
|        |                       |,OFFLINE{,FORCE}|                            |
|        |                                                                     |
|        | (devnum{,devnum})     |,{AS | AUTOSWITCH},{ON|OFF}                  |
|        | (xxx-yyy)             |                                             |
|        |                       |                                             |
|        |                                                                     |
|        | PATH|(untadr{,untadr}...{,z})                               |       |
|        |     |                                                       |       |
|        |     |(aaa-bbb{,aaa-bbb}...{,z})                             |       |
|        |     |                                                       |       |
|        |     |(xxx,chp{,xxx,chp}...)                                 |       |
|        |     |({/}xxxx,chp{,{/}xxxx,chp}...)                         |       |
|        |     |                                                       |       |
|        |     |((xxx{,xxx}...),chp{,(xxx{,xxx}...),chp}...)           |===>a  |
|        |     |(({/}xxxx{,{/}xxxx}...),                               |       |
|        |     |        chp{,({/}xxxx{,{/}xxxx}...),chp}...)           |       |
|        |     |                                                       |       |
|        |     |((yyy-zzz{,yyy-zzz}...,)chp                            |       |
|        |     |      {,(yyy-zzz{,yyy-zzz}...),chp...)                 |       |
|        |     |(({/}yyyy-{/}zzzz{,{/|yyyy-{/|zzzz}...,)chp            |       |
|        |     |      {,({/}yyyy-{/}zzzz{,{/}yyyy-{/}zzzz}...),chp...) |       |
|        |     |                                                       |       |
|        |     |((xxx{,xxx}...,yyy-zzz{,yyy-zzz}...),chp               |       |
|        |     |       {,(xxx{,xxx}...,yyy-zzz{,yyy-zzz}...),chp}...)  |       |
|        |     |(({/}xxxx{,{/}xxxx}...,{/}yyyy-{/}zzzz                 |       |
|        |     |       {,{/}yyyy-{/}zzzz}...),chp                      |       |
|        |     |       {,({/}xxxx{,{/}xxxx}...,{/}yyyy-{/}zzzz         |       |
|        |     |       {,{/}yyyy-{/}zzzz}...),chp}...)                 |       |
|        |     |                                                               |
|        |                                                                     |
|        |                 |,ONLINE,{FORCE}  |                                 |
|        |          a ===> |                 |                                 |
|        |                 |,OFFLINE{,UNCOND}|                                 |
|        |                                                                     |
|        |                                                                     |
|        | STOR|(dddddK,dddddK)|,ONLINE |                                      |
|        |     |(xxxxxx,yyyyyy)|        |                                      |
|        |     |(ddm,ddm)      |,OFFLINE|                                      |
|        |     |(ddm)          |        |                                      |
|        |     |E=x            |        |                                      |
|        |                                                                     |
|        |                                                                     |
|        | CH|(x             |{,z})|,ONLINE         |                          |
|        |   |(x-y           |     |                |                          |
|        |   |(ALL           |     |,OFFLINE|,UNCOND|                          |
|        |   |(x-y,x,x-y,...)|     |        |,FORCE |                          |
|        |                                                                     |
|        |                                                                     |
|        | CPU(n)|,ONLINE           |                                          |
|        |       |                  |                                          |
|        |       |,OFFLINE|,UNCOND  |                                          |
|        |       |        |,KEEPCHAN|                                          |
|        |                                                                     |
|        |                                                                     |
|        | GRS|(sysname)|,RESTART|                                             |
|        |    |(*)      |,R      |                                             |
|        |    |(ALL)    |        |                                             |
|        |    |                                                                |
|        |    |(sysname)|,QUIESCE|                                             |
|        |    |(*)      |,Q      |                                             |
|        |    |                                                                |
|        |    |(sysname)|,PURGE  |                                             |
|        |    |         |,P      |                                             |
|        |                                                                     |
|        |                                                                     |
|        | XCF{,systemname}|,OFFLINE|,RETAIN=|YES|,FORCE    |                  |
|        |                 |,OFF    |        |NO |          |                  |
|        |                                                                     |
|        |                                                                     |
|        | SMS|,STORGRP(storgrp{,system1...})|,ENABLE       |                  |
|        |    |,SG             {,ALL       } |,E            |                  |
|        |    |                {,*         } |,QUIESCE{,NEW}|                  |
|        |    |                              |,Q{,N}        |                  |
|        |    |                              |,DISABLE{,NEW}|                  |
|        |    |                              |,D{,N}        |                  |
|        |    |                                                                |
|        |    |,VOLUME(volume{,system1...})|,ENABLE       |                    |
|        |    |,VOL          {,ALL       } |,E            |                    |
|        |    |              {,*         } |,QUIESCE{,NEW}|                    |
|        |    |                            |,Q{,N}        |                    |
|        |    |                            |,DISABLE{,NEW}|                    |
|        |    |                            |,D{,N}        |                    |
|        |    |                                                                |
|        |    |,DRIVE(name)  |,ONLINE |                                        |
|        |    |,DRI          |,ON     |                                        |
|        |    |,LIBRARY(name)|,OFFLINE|                                        |
|        |    |,LIB          |,OFF    |                                        |
|        |                                                                     |
|        | WLM,POLICY=policyname                                               |
|        |                                                                     |
|        |                                                                     |
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Examples :
   
V
V ###,MSTCONS
V ###.CONSOLE,ROUT=(X,X),AUTH=(ALL)
V ###,OFFLINE
V ###,OFFLINE,FORCE
V ###,ONLINE
V ###,ONLINE,SHR
V ###,ONLINE,UNCOND
V ###,CONSOLE,ONLINE,ROUT=ALL,AUTH=ALL
V PATH(61D,Ø8),OFFLINE
V PATH(5ØF,Ø5),ONLINE
V GRS
V GRS,ALL
V GRS,ALL,RESTART
V GRS,ALL,QUIESCE
V GRS,ALL,PURGE
V SMS,VOL(FMVØ14),DISABLE,N
V SMS,VOL(FMVØ14),DISABLE,E
V SYSLOG,HARDCOPY
V 5Ø3,HARDCPY,ROUT=ALL
V O-95F,CONSOLE = VARIES A PRINTER DEVICE ON AS A CONSOLE.
V NET,ID= *
V NET,ID=PA9,ACT,LOGON=CICSPROD
V NET,ID=PA9F,INACT

D M=DEV(XXX)