Invoking ISMF

How you invoke ISMF depends upon your installation. You begin by logging on to TSO and invoking ISPF.

If ISMF is installed as an option on the ISPF Master Application menu or as an option on the ISPF/PDF Primary Option menu, specify the selection option (letter or number) that corresponds to ISMF. The ISMF Primary Option menu appears, and you can begin an ISMF session. For example, in Figure 1, you see the ISPF Master Application menu. To select ISMF, enter I (letter i) following the arrow on the command line.

Figure 1. ISPF Master Application Menu

--------------------  ISPF MASTER APPLICATION MENU  -------------------
SELECT APPLICATION ===> I_
                                                      USERID   - K665941
  1 SPF        - SPF PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT FACILITY     TIME     - 07:30
  . ...        -           ...                        TERMINAL - 3279
  . ...        -           ...                        PF KEYS  - 12
  . ...        -           ...
  I ISMF       - INTERACTIVE STORAGE MANAGEMENT FACILITY
  . ...        -           ...
  . ...        -           ...
  . ...        -           ...
  P PARMS      - SPECIFY TERMINATION PARAMETERS AND LIST/LOG DEFAULTS
  X EXIT       - TERMINATE USING LIST/LOG DEFAULTS
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
PRESS THE END KEY TO TERMINATE

If you want to invoke ISMF directly from TSO, issue: ISPSTART PGM(DGTFMD01) NEWAPPL(DGT)

The ISMF Primary Option menu appears, and you can begin an ISMF session.