/HOLD command

Use the /HOLD command to suspend and save a currently active conversation.

Subsections:

Environment
Syntax
Usage notes
Example

Environment

The following table lists the environments (DB/DC, DBCTL, and DCCTL) from which the command can be issued.

Table 1. Valid environments for the /HOLD command
Command	DB/DC	DBCTL	DCCTL
/HOLD	X		X

Syntax


>>-+-/HOLD-+---------------------------------------------------><
   '-/HOL--'

Usage notes

The IMS™ response to /HOLD provides a conversation identification that must be used later when the held conversation is resumed (/RELEASE command) or terminated (/EXIT).

In an IMSplex, if global resource information is kept in Resource Manager, /HOLD suspends and saves the active conversation globally in Resource Manager. If global resource information is not kept in Resource Manager, /HOLD suspends and saves the active conversation locally.

Example

Entry ET:

  /HOLD

Response ET:

  DFS999I  HELD CONVERSATION ID IS 0001

Explanation: The active conversation is saved and is assigned an identification of 0001.