Commands and keywords supported on an RSR tracking subsystem

Only commands and keywords required to manage RSR tracking are supported on an RSR tracking subsystem.

For example, commands and keywords relating to transactions are not supported, because transactions are not allowed on a tracking subsystem. See Table 1 for the commands and keywords supported on an IMS™ DB/DC tracking subsystem. The subset of commands and keywords relating to databases are the only ones allowable on a DBCTL tracking subsystem.

Commands entered on an IMS tracking subsystem that are not supported on a tracking subsystem result in message
DFS136I  COMMAND xxxxxxxxxx INVALID FOR TRACKER
Commands entered on a DCCTL tracking subsystem that are not supported on the tracking subsystem or on DCCTL result in message
DFS136I COMMAND xxxxxxxxxx INVALID FOR DCCTL
Keywords entered on an IMS tracking subsystem that are not supported on a tracking subsystem result in message
DFS110  COMMAND KEYWORD yyyyyyyyyyyy INVALID FOR TRACKER
Keywords entered on a DBCTL or DCCTL tracking subsystem that are not supported on a tracking subsystem or with DBCTL or DCCTL result in message
DFS110  KEYWORD yyyyyyyyyyyy INVALID FOR DBCTL|DCCTL

The following table lists the commands and keywords that are allowed on an IMS DB/DC RSR tracking. The table also includes comments.

Table 1. Commands and keywords allowable on an IMS DB/DC RSR tracking subsystem
Commands Keywords Comments
/ACTIVATE NODE  
/ASSIGN COMPONENT, ICOMPONENT, LINE, LTERM, NODE, PTERM, USER  
/BROADCAST ACTIVE, LINE, LTERM, NODE, PTERM, USER Non-VTAM lines are not supported.
/CANCEL    
/CHANGE CPLOG Specifies the number of system log records between system-generated checkpoints.
/CHECKPOINT ABDUMP, DUMPQ, FREEZE, SNAPQ, STATISTICS Simple checkpoint (that is, with no keywords) is also supported.
/CLSDST NODE, USER  
/COMPT CNS, CRD, NODE, NOTRDY, PCH, PDS, PRT, RDR, READY, TDS, UDS, USER, VID, WPM1, WPM2, WPM3  
/DBRECOVERY AREA, DATABASE, DATAGROUP, LOCAL, NOFEOV Command only valid for a DATABASE level tracking system. Keywords only valid for areas and databases tracked at the DATABASE level.
/DEQUEUE LINE, LTERM, NODE, PTERM, PURGE, PURGE1, USER  
/DIAGNOSE ADDRESS, AREA, BLOCK, DB, JOBNAME, LINE, LINK, LTERM, MODULE, NODE, OPTION, PGM, REGION, SET, SHOW, SNAP, TRAN, USER  
/DISPLAY ACTIVE, AREA, ASSIGNMENT, DATABASE, DBD, DC, LINE, LTERM, MODE, MODIFY, MONITOR, NODE, OLDS, POOL, PTERM, SHUTDOWN STATUS, TRACE, TRACKING STATUS, USER, XTRC
  • For /DISPLAY POOL ALL, only pools needed on the tracking subsystem are displayed.
  • For /DISPLAY POOL pool, some parameters are not supported.
  • For /DISPLAY STATUS with no keywords, only resources needed on a tracking subsystem are displayed.
  • For /DISPLAY TRACE ALL, only resources needed on a tracking subsystem are displayed.
/END LINE, NODE, PTERM, USER  
/ERESTART BUILDQ, CHECKPOINT, COLDBASE, COLDCOMM, COLDSYS, FORMAT, NOPASSWORD, NOTERMINAL, NOUSER, OVERRIDE, PASSWORD, TERMINAL, USER  
/FORMAT LTERM  
/IDLE LINE, NODE, NOSHUT  
/LOG    
/MODIFY ABORT, COMMIT, LTERM, PASSWORD, PREPARE, TERMINAL The following parameters are supported: ACBLIB, BLDL, FMTLIB, MODBLKS, and RACF®.
/NRESTART BUILDQ, CHECKPOINT, FORMAT, NOBUILDQ, NOPASSWORD, NOTERMINAL, NOUSER, PASSWORD, TERMINAL, USER  
/OPNDST ID, LOGOND, MODE, NODE, Q, UDATA, USER, USERD  
/PSTOP LINE, LTERM, PTERM Non-VTAM lines are not supported.
/PURGE LINE, LTERM, PTERM Non-VTAM lines are not supported.
QUERY AREA, DB, IMS, MEMBER  
/RCLSDST    
/RCOMPT CNS, CRD, NODE, NOTRDY, PCH, PDS, PRT, RDR, READY, TDS, UDS, USER, VID, WPM1, WPM2, WPM3  
/RDISPLAY    
REFRESH USEREXIT TYPE, MEMBER  
/RMxxxxxx LTERM Only applies to tracking subsystem RECON data set.
/RSTART LINE, LOPEN, NODE, PTERM, USER Non-VTAM lines are not supported.
/RTAKEOVER UNPLAN, NOREVERSE  
/SIGN ON, USERD  
/SMCOPY ON, TERMINAL  
/START AREA, AUTOARCH, DATABASE, DATAGROUP, DC, ISOLOG, LINE, LOCAL, LTERM, NODE, OLDS, PTERM, SERVGRP, USER, WADS /START AREA, /START DATABASE, and /START DATAGROUP are only valid on a DATABASE level tracking subsystem. Non-VTAM lines are not supported.
/STOP ADS, AUTOARCH, DC, LINE, LTERM, NODE, OLDS, PTERM, SERVGRP, TRKAUTOARCH, USER, WADS Non-VTAM lines are not supported.
/SWITCH CHECKPOINT, OLDS  
/TEST MFS LINE, NODE, PTERM, USER  
/TRACE LEVEL, LINE, MODULE,NODE, ON, OPTION, SET, TABLE, UNITYPE, USER, VOLUME No LUMI, RETR, SCHD, or SUBS TABLE tracing is allowed on a tracking subsystem.
UPDATE AREA START(ACCESS), STOP(ACCESS)  
UPDATE DATAGRP START(ACCESS), STOP(ACCESS)  
UPDATE DB START(ACCESS), STOP(ACCESS)