Operations Functions

Overview

IOF provides a complete interface to the JES2 subsystem. The prior chapters of this guide have been concerned primarily with reviewing and managing jobs. JES2 also manages and controls systems resources such as printers and network devices, and IOF provides functions to assist in managing these resources. These functions are generally considered to be operations functions, and may have little or no use for end users of the system.

Operations functions include:

  • Output group support (Chapter 11)
  • Full-screen device support for all JES2 devices (Chapter 12)
  • Printers and punches
  • NJE and RJE lines
  • Offload devices
  • Remote terminals
  • Readers
  • Initiator display (Chapter 12)
  • System console and active system log review (Chapter 13)
  • Immediate access to any time-of-day
  • Indices of important exception conditions
  • Personal scrollable console
  • System monitor facilities (Chapter 14)
  • Display of running address spaces
  • Many selection criteria and sort options
  • Managing your sysplex with IOF (Chapter 21)
  • Display systems in MAS complex
  • IOF servers on other CPUs in sysplex

    Requesting Operations Functions

    Operations functions are invoked by options G, PR, D, L, M, MAS, and INIT on the IOF Option Menu. 

    
---------------------------------IOF-Option-Menu---------------------------------
COMMAND ===>

Select an option.      To get a detailed option menu, follow the option with "?".

 blank - Your jobs             G   - Output Groups        M    - System Monitor
       I   - Input jobs        H   - Held Groups          INIT - Initiators
       R   - Running jobs      L   - System Log           APPC - APPC tasks/output
       O   - Output jobs       PR  - Printers             MAS  - MAS system display
       J   - All jobs menu     D   - Device Options       CMDS - Global Commands
       P   - IOF Profile       NEW - What's New in IOF    QT   - Quick Trainer

 JOBNAMES ===>
                               Enter 1 to 8 generic job names above

 SCOPE        ===>             ALL, ME or another user's USERID
                               Enter HELP to see all valid SCOPE values

 DEST         ===>
                               Enter 1 to 8 destinations above

 SORT         ===> INVNULL     Enter HELP to see all valid SORT values

    Local installations may choose to remove some options from the IOF Option Menu for non-authorized users. Functions for which you do not have authorization may be missing from your panel.

    See IOF Option Menu (Chapter 4) for details about using the above options with the JUMP function and with positional operands. The IOF Operator's Quick Reference Summary reference card provides a condensed summary of operator functions.

    Access Control

    The local installation must specifically permit the use of most operations functions to users. End users will normally be permitted to review output associated with jobs they own, but not be permitted to use other functions.

    A user may be designated as the operator of a printer that is located near by, and therefore, may be permitted to display and control only that printer. Many users may be permitted to review the system log or initiators. Computer room operators will likely be permitted to control many devices attached to the system.

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