CHTRKID ?

On Thu, 7 Dec 2023 21:32:27 -0600 Steve Horein <[email protected]> wrote:

:>Hi!
:>Looking at messages CNZ4105I/CNZ4106I from an MVS DISPLAY ACTIVE command,
:>there is a tally of different address space types in the header:
:>
:>JOBS      M/S    TS USERS    SYSAS    INITS    ACTIVE/MAX VTAM    OAS
:>xxxxx    xxxxx    xxxxx      xxxxx    xxxxx    xxxxx/xxxxx       xxxxx
:>
:>NetView has a RECEDATA function that "Provides information about the origin
:>of a command that was transferred to the NetView environment by using a
:>NETVONLY action in a Command Revision Table", that includes "ASTYPE", that
:>would return one of the following:
:>
:>Value Description
:>D USS persistent procedure. The address space has a name for initiated
:>programs, appropriate for a JOB. However, the existence of an OpenMVS
:>address space block indicates a special purpose USS persistent procedure.
:>J The address space is a JOB.
:>N The address space is a system address space started during operating
:>system initialization (NIP) processing.
:>S The address space is a Started Task (STC).
:>T The address space is a Time-Sharing User (TSO).
:>U The address space is a USS forked or spawned procedure.
:>* Error: the address space where the command originated has closed or else
:>the message is not from the local LPAR.
:>? Error: inconsistent data (might be a transient condition).
:>! Error: inconsistent data.
:>> Error: the supplied ASID is larger than the allowed ASID limit for the
:>system
:>
:>With the DISPLAY ACTIVE command knowing how many of each type there is, and
:>the RECEDATA function knowing the type of address space that just issued a
:>command, there seems to be an indicator to provide that kind of
:>information. What I am curious about, and would like to make use of, is
:>where the address space "type" can be found, given only a job name or ASID?
:>
:>For example, the ISG343I results of D GRS,RES=(SYSDSN,<some dataset>) can
:>identify the following:
:>SYSNAME   JOBNAME  ASID   TCBADDR   EXC/SHR    OWN/WAIT
:>
:>If I wanted to know that the JOBNAME was a TSO user, a USS process, STC, or
:>a batch job, is it possible to definitively find out?
:>I was looking at ASCBJBNI and ASCBJBNS, but it seems there is still
:>ambiguity. I'm not sure if I could tell the difference between a TSO user
:>and a Started task just from ASCBJBNS.
:>Where else can I look?
:>
:>Thanks in advance for any pointers!
:>
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