On Thu, 21 Jun 2012 13:18:34 -0400, scott <[email protected]> wrote:
>On 06/21/2012 02:38 AM, R.S. wrote: >> W dniu 2012-06-20 22:50, scott pisze: >>> What is the difference between a System Address Space vs a Started Task >>> Address Space? >> >> I think (and could be wrong) that the names are not precisely defined. >> >> Example of system AS can be XCFAS or PCAUTH or CATALOG. >> Example of Started Task AS can be: CICSREG1, DB2 AS'es, VTAM, TSO. >> Note: VTAM and TSO are parts of the z/OS, but they are considered as >> started tasks. >> >> Another difference: D A,L show started tasks (and TSO users), D A,ALL >> show every AS including system AS'es. >> >> My 0.02 >> >> >> BTW: Why do you ask? Just curiosity, or ...? >> Just curious. ;-) >> >Just curious and was wondering if there was an internal difference. >Sure stated tasks are started via an operator command while system tasks >are started by the OS. But was wondering if there is some other >internal difference. > I don't think "started by operator" covers the distinction of STC from "system address space" all the time, but I agree that it is generally true. There is a distinction between full function address spaces and limited function. This should help... http://publibz.boulder.ibm.com/cgi-bin/bookmgr/BOOKS/IEA2E180/1.1.1?SHELF=ez2zo111&DT=20110614082539 -- Mark Zelden - Zelden Consulting Services - z/OS, OS/390 and MVS mailto:[email protected] Mark's MVS Utilities: http://www.mzelden.com/mvsutil.html Systems Programming expert at http://expertanswercenter.techtarget.com/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
