Operating VTAM

Operating VTAM® involves starting and stopping VTAM, activating and deactivating resources, and monitoring the domain. Although the operator usually performs these tasks, the system programmer must define the procedures that the operator uses when doing these tasks. These procedures are usually written by the system programmer in a locally-produced document called a run book.

A run book is a list of procedures for operators to follow. For example, you might want to list the start options that operators should use when starting different hosts. Following is an example of what might be in a run book:

After you activate S013H:
 
VARY NET,ACT,ID=S013H1
VARY NET,ACT,ID=S013H2
VARY NET,ACT,ID=S013H3
VARY NET,ACT,ID=S013H4
VARY NET,ACT,ID=S013H5
VARY NET,ACT,ID=S013H6

Notice that this gives very specific information about your own network, such as the names of the nodes.

For operators who are learning about operating VTAM, see z/OS Communications Server: SNA Operation.

The following list shows where to find information about operating VTAM.