z/VM help
The z/VM Help (VMHTASK) view, displays z/VM help task information from the z/VM Help Facility.
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- > HELP TASK Move cursor to task you want more
info about, and then press ENTER.
TASKS - Help if you don't know VM/ESA commands.
Good choice for beginners
MENUS - List the HELP component MENUs
HELP - Explain some ways for using HELP
COMMANDS - List VM/ESA commands that you can use
CMS - Show only CMS commands
CP - Show only CP commands
OPTIONS - Show options for the QUERY and SET
commands of both CMS and CP
SUBCMDS - List VM/ESA subcommands that you can
use, such as XEDIT
STATEMTS - Show statements for REXX, EXEC 2, and EXEC
ROUTINES - Show callable routines
MACROS - Show Assembler Language Macros for
CMS, APPC/VM, and IUCV
MESSAGES - Explain how to get help for messages
OTHER - Show commands for other products,
PRODUCTS such as RSCS and SQL/DS
LIBRARY - Describe the VM/ESA library
- > HELP TASK Move cursor to task you want more
info about, and then press ENTER.
TASKS - Help if you don't know VM/ESA commands.
Good choice for beginners
MENUS - List the HELP component MENUs
HELP - Explain some ways for using HELP
COMMANDS - List VM/ESA commands that you can use
CMS - Show only CMS commands
CP - Show only CP commands
OPTIONS - Show options for the QUERY and SET
commands of both CMS and CP
SUBCMDS - List VM/ESA subcommands that you can
use, such as XEDIT
STATEMTS - Show statements for REXX, EXEC 2, and EXEC
ROUTINES - Show callable routines
MACROS - Show Assembler Language Macros for
CMS, APPC/VM, and IUCV
MESSAGES - Explain how to get help for messages
OTHER - Show commands for other products,
PRODUCTS such as RSCS and SQL/DS
LIBRARY - Describe the VM/ESA library
Press Enter on one of the task lines to display either another task view or the VMHMENU view, which displays z/VM help menu information.
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> CP MENU To view a Help panel, move the cursor
to a menu item, and then press ENTER.
CPQUERY CPSET CPUTIL DEFINE DELETE DETACH DISABLE DISPLAY
DUMP ENABLE INDICATE LOCATE MODIFY MONITOR PURGE RDEVICE
SPXTAPE STORE TERMINAL TRACE TRSOURCE VMDUMPTL XLINK XSPOOL
DUMPS DYNIO HELP #CP ACNT ACTivate ASSOCiat ASTERISK
ATTach ATTN AUTOLOg BAckspac Begin CHange Close COMMands
COMMIT CONCOPY COUPLE CP CPACcess CPCAche CPHX CPLISTfi
CPRELeas CPTRAP CPTYPE CPU CPVLoad CPXLoad CPXUnloa DEActive
DEDicate DEFine DEFSEG DEFSYS DELete DESTAGE DETach Dial
DISAble DISASSOC DISCARD DISConn DISPlay DRain DUmp DUPlex
ECho ENable EXTernal FLASHCop Flush FOR FORCE FORWard
FRee GIVE HALT HOld HYPerswa INDicate Ipl LINK
LOADBUF LOADVFCB LOCate LOCATEVM LOCK LOGoff Logon Message
MODify MONitor MSGNOH NOTReady ORDer PER POUNDCP PURge
Query READY RECordin REDEFine REFRESH REPeat REQuest RESET
RESTART RETAIN REWind SAVESEG SAVESYS SCREen SEND SET
SHUTDOWN SIGnal SILENTly SLeep SMsg SNAPDUMP SPAce SPool
SPXtape STArt STOP STore SYNCmdrs SYStem TAg TERMinal
TRace TRANsfer TRSAVE TRSOurce UNCOUPLE UNDEDica UNDIAL UNLOCK
UTILITY VARY VDelete VInput VMDump VMDUMPTL Warning XAUTOLOg
XLINK XSPOOL
> CP MENU To view a Help panel, move the cursor
to a menu item, and then press ENTER.
CPQUERY CPSET CPUTIL DEFINE DELETE DETACH DISABLE DISPLAY
DUMP ENABLE INDICATE LOCATE MODIFY MONITOR PURGE RDEVICE
SPXTAPE STORE TERMINAL TRACE TRSOURCE VMDUMPTL XLINK XSPOOL
DUMPS DYNIO HELP #CP ACNT ACTivate ASSOCiat ASTERISK
ATTach ATTN AUTOLOg BAckspac Begin CHange Close COMMands
COMMIT CONCOPY COUPLE CP CPACcess CPCAche CPHX CPLISTfi
CPRELeas CPTRAP CPTYPE CPU CPVLoad CPXLoad CPXUnloa DEActive
DEDicate DEFine DEFSEG DEFSYS DELete DESTAGE DETach Dial
DISAble DISASSOC DISCARD DISConn DISPlay DRain DUmp DUPlex
ECho ENable EXTernal FLASHCop Flush FOR FORCE FORWard
FRee GIVE HALT HOld HYPerswa INDicate Ipl LINK
LOADBUF LOADVFCB LOCate LOCATEVM LOCK LOGoff Logon Message
MODify MONitor MSGNOH NOTReady ORDer PER POUNDCP PURge
Query READY RECordin REDEFine REFRESH REPeat REQuest RESET
RESTART RETAIN REWind SAVESEG SAVESYS SCREen SEND SET
SHUTDOWN SIGnal SILENTly SLeep SMsg SNAPDUMP SPAce SPool
SPXtape STArt STOP STore SYNCmdrs SYStem TAg TERMinal
TRace TRANsfer TRSAVE TRSOurce UNCOUPLE UNDEDica UNDIAL UNLOCK
UTILITY VARY VDelete VInput VMDump VMDUMPTL Warning XAUTOLOg
XLINK XSPOOL
Press Enter on one of the menu items to invoke either another menu or task view, or the VMHCMD view, which displays z/VM help command information.
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> CP SLEEP Press ENTER on page to switch between
BRIEF,DETAIL, and RELATED information
(c) Copyright IBM Corporation 1990, 2008
SLEEP
>>--SLEEP--.-----------------------.----------------------------------------><
| .-MIN-. |
'-nn--+-----+--.------.-'
|-SEC-| '-ATTN-'
'-HRs-'
Authorization
Privilege Class: Any
Purpose
Use SLEEP to stop your virtual machine for a specified period of time. When
the specified period elapses, your virtual machine automatically resumes
processing.
> CP SLEEP Press ENTER on page to switch between
BRIEF,DETAIL, and RELATED information
(c) Copyright IBM Corporation 1990, 2008
SLEEP
>>--SLEEP--.-----------------------.----------------------------------------><
| .-MIN-. |
'-nn--+-----+--.------.-'
|-SEC-| '-ATTN-'
'-HRs-'
Authorization
Privilege Class: Any
Purpose
Use SLEEP to stop your virtual machine for a specified period of time. When
the specified period elapses, your virtual machine automatically resumes
processing.
Press Enter on the VMHCMD view to switch between the BRIEF, DETAIL, and RELATED command views.
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