Using LookAt to look up message explanations

LookAt is an online facility that lets you look up explanations for most of the IBM® messages you encounter, as well as for some system abends (an abnormal end of a task) and codes. Using LookAt to find information is faster than a conventional search because in most cases LookAt goes directly to the message explanation.

You can use LookAt from the following locations to find IBM message explanations for z/OS® elements and features, z/VM®, VSE/ESA, and Clusters for AIX® and Linux:

• The Internet. You can access IBM message explanations directly from the LookAt website at http://www.ibm.com/eserver/zseries/zos/bkserv/lookat/.
• Your z/OS TSO/E host system. You can install code on your z/OS or z/OS.e systems to access IBM message explanations, using LookAt from a TSO/E command line (for example, TSO/E prompt, ISPF, or z/OS UNIX System Services running OMVS).
• Your Microsoft Windows workstation. You can install code to access IBM message explanations on the IBM Online Library z/OS Software Products Collection Kit (SK3T-4270), using LookAt from a Microsoft Windows DOS command line.
• Your wireless handheld device. You can use the LookAt Mobile Edition with a handheld device that has wireless access and an Internet browser (for example, Internet Explorer for Pocket PCs, Blazer, or Eudora for Palm OS, or Opera for Linux handheld devices). Link to the LookAt Mobile Edition from the LookAt website.

You can obtain code to install LookAt on your host system or Microsoft Windows workstation from a disk on your IBM Online Library z/OS Software Products Collection Kit (SK3T-4270), or from the LookAt website (click Download, and select the platform, release, collection, and location that suit your needs). More information is available in the LOOKAT.ME files available during the download process.