Listing specific entries

When you encounter a problem in your system and contact the IBM® Support Center to resolve the problem, you may be asked to provide very specific information. For example:

What is the service level of the module in which the problem was reported?
Are there any USERMODs for the module?
Do you have a specific PTF installed?

If you have a complete, current listing of all the entries in your system, you can get this information from that listing. You can also get it through the SMP/E dialogs while you are talking to the IBM Support Center.

SMP/E also provides additional LIST functions that you can use to display only specified entries. This is done by allowing you to specify a list of entry names (in parentheses) after each of the entry-type operands. For example, assume that you need to know the function and service level for modules GIMMPDRV and GIMMPIO and if SYSMOD UR12345 has been installed. The following job can be used:

//LIST     JOB 'accounting info',MSGLEVEL=(1,1)
//LIST     EXEC SMPPROC
//SMPCNTL  DD  *
SET      BDY(TGT1)          /* Set to target zone.      */.
LIST     MOD(GIMMPDRV       /* List these two modules   */
             GIMMPIO)       /*                          */
         SYSMOD(UR12345)    /* and this SYSMOD.         */
                            /*                          */.
/*

You receive a listing of the required information for the two modules. If SYSMOD UR12345 was installed, it should be listed; otherwise, you receive a message saying that the entry was not found (meaning it has not been installed).

Another common use for this function is to list the cover letters for specific PTFs. The following job shows an example of a job for listing the cover letters for PTFs UR00001, UR00002, and UR00003:

//LIST     JOB 'accounting info',MSGLEVEL=(1,1)
//LIST     EXEC SMPPROC
//SMPCNTL  DD  *
SET      BDY(GLOBAL)        /* Set to global zone.      */.
LIST     MCS(               /* List cover letters       */
             UR00001        /* for these three PTFs.    */
             UR00002
             UR00003
            )
         .
/*