Displaying the MVS Environment


Use the following command to display information about the MVS environment under which the DBUSS is running (where ssid is the subsystem identifier):

D ssid,MVS

The following is an example of the information returned by the DISPLAY MVS command:

DBU/SS  MVS ENVIRONMENT      ssid aaa
 SP5.2.0       SMS 1.2
 DFAFEATS=FF 6E 62 20 00 00
 CVTOSLVL=FF F0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

This display indicates the following information:

ssid

The subsystem identifier.

aaa

The address space identifier (ASID) of the subsystem.

SPv.r.m

The level of the operating system, MVS SP Version 5.2.0 in this example.

SMS v.r

The level of SMS, Version 1.2 in this example.

DFAFEATS

A bit mask indicating what features are available for SMS. Refer to the discussion of the DFA control block in the IBM publication MVS/ESA Diagnosis: Data Areas for more information.

CVTOSLVL

A bit mask indicating what features are available for the operating system. Refer to the discussion of the CVT control block in the IBM publication MVS/ESA Diagnosis: Data Areas for more information.

 

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