Sharing system commands by using system symbols

MVS™ allows two or more systems in a multisystem environment to share commands while retaining unique values in those commands. When two or more systems share commands, you can view a multisystem environment as a single system image from which you can perform operations for several different systems.

This topic explains how to plan for sharing system commands in a multisystem environment. It:

Describes what system symbols are, and explains how they are used to represent the unique values in shared commands
Describes what wildcards are, and explains how they are used to identify multiple resource names in commands
Provides planning tasks for sharing system commands
Provides tips for sharing commands in a multisystem environment.

For information about using system symbols in system commands, including lists of system symbols that the system provides, see z/OS MVS System Commands.