The application of certain kinds of code maintenance or other unusual circumstances might require that the BCPii address space be stopped. To stop the BCPii address space, issue the STOP command for the BCPii address space: P HWIBCPII. In most cases, the address space ends normally. BCPii services are no longer available until the address space is restarted. See z/OS MVS Initialization and Tuning Reference for more information about the STOP HWIBCPII command.

If the STOP command fails to completely bring down the BCPii address space, you can issue the CANCEL command: C HWIBCPII. The address space then ends in a similar way to the STOP command. See z/OS MVS Initialization and Tuning Reference for more information about the CANCEL command.

If the CANCEL command still fails to completely bring down the BCPii, you can issue the FORCE command as a last resort: FORCE HWIBCPII. See z/OS MVS Initialization and Tuning Reference for more information about the FORCE command.

BCPii issues an ENF 68 broadcast to notify interested ENF listeners that BCPii services are no longer available. See z/OS MVS Programming: Authorized Assembler Services Reference EDT-IXG for more information regarding this ENF signal.