Using the Allocated Common Storage Areas panel
The Allocated Common Storage Areas panel, shown in the following figure, displays the data that you requested on the previous panel.
It also provides commands to do the following tasks:
- re-sort the data (O)
- locate the row containing the closest match in the ordered column to the value specified (L)
- find the specified string in the heading data (F)
You can also use line commands to
- free a block of storage (F)
- browse the block (B)
- alter the contents of a block (A)
COMMAND ===> SCROLL ===> PAGE
Row 1 of 204
Valid line commands are: Valid COMMANDs are:
B - Browse common storage F - Find a text string in header
A - Alter common storage L - Locate a value in the ordered field
F - Free common storage O - Order data by specified field
Name X ASID Start Length SP Key Date Time Storage Header
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DC$TCPIP 106 1724A000 1548288 241 6 6/09/YYYY 0:10:02 *...... ....0.1..*
DC$TCPIP 106 17484558 1198760 241 0 6/09/YYYY 0:10:01 *Licensed Materia*
DC$TCPIP 106 170DD0C0 1048384 241 6 6/09/YYYY 0:10:03 *..c..........1..*
DC$TCPIP 106 171DDFC0 262208 241 6 6/09/YYYY 0:10:03 *......e......1..*
DC$TCPIP 106 17233000 94208 241 6 6/09/YYYY 0:10:03 *..u.......?0.1..*
DC$TCPIP 106 170CE000 61440 241 6 6/09/YYYY 0:10:03 *..-...c....0.1..*
DC$TCPIP 106 17073000 49152 241 6 6/09/YYYY 0:10:11 *...........0.1..*
DC$TCPIP 106 1722A400 35840 241 6 6/09/YYYY 0:10:03 *...........0.1..*
DC$TCPIP 106 170C6000 32768 241 6 6/09/YYYY 0:10:03 *..0.......'0.1?.*
DC$TCPIP 106 1709A000 32768 241 6 6/09/YYYY 0:10:09 *..-.......'0.1?.*
DC$TCPIP 106 16F67C00 29696 241 6 6/09/YYYY 0:40:14 *.......-...0.1..*
DC$TCPIP 106 17088C00 29696 231 6 6/09/YYYY 0:40:14 *...h.6@....0.X..*
DC$TCPIP 106 1767CA80 21888 228 6 6/09/YYYY 0:10:02 *EZBITCOM03/06/01*
DC$TCPIP 106 17225000 20480 231 6 6/09/YYYY 0:10:03 *..d........0.X..*
The subpools are displayed by the following colors in the Allocated Common Storage Areas panel:
- DRF—pink
- PAG—green
- FIX—red
The following table shows the tasks that you can perform from the Allocated Common Storage Areas panel.
To perform this action | Type this command | For more information, see |
|---|---|---|
Find a text string in the 16-byte storage header output field | F text where text is the text string that you want to find. To find the next occurrence of the specified string, press the PF (FIND) key. | not applicable |
Locate a value in the ordered output field | L value where value is the value that you want to locate in the sorted column. | not applicable |
Sort data in a specified output field (column) | O name where name is the name of the column that you want to order. The sorted column is highlighted. | |
Display a common storage area | B line command | |
Alter a common storage area | A line command Use the ALTER command with extreme caution. Indiscriminate altering of common storage can cause system or component failure. | |
Free a common storage area | F line command Use the FREE command with extreme caution. Indiscriminate freeing of common storage can cause a system failure. |
The Allocated Common Storage Areas panel contains the following output fields:
Field | Description |
|---|---|
Name | name of the owner of the common storage area |
X | indicator of terminated or unknown jobs: |
% — job name not known * — job in control when the GETMAIN was issued has been terminated (the row is displayed in red) | |
ASID | ASID of the owner of the common storage address space |
Start | starting address of an allocated area of common storage |
Length | length (in decimals) of the allocated storage area |
SP | subpool of the allocated storage area |
Key | storage key of the allocated storage area |
Date | Gregorian date (mm/dd/yyyy) when the common storage was allocated |
Time | time (hh.mm.ss) when the common storage was allocated |
Ordering detail data
The data in the Allocated Common Storage Areas panel can be sorted on any column.
Field names can be abbreviated to their first two characters. The ordered field name is displayed in white. (On monochrome terminals, a bar is displayed above the sorted column.)
The Allocated Common Storage Areas panel can be sorted in one of the following ways:
- Display the Selection and Sort Criteria for Storage Areas panel. On the COMMAND line, type O (for Order), followed by the heading of the column by which you want to sort, and then press Enter.
- Display the Allocated Common Storage Areas panel. To sort a column in a certain direction, type O name direction on the COMMAND line, where direction is A (Ascending) or D (Descending) order.
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