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! :> :>---------------------------------------------------------------------- :>For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, :>send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN -- Binyamin Dissen <[email protected]> http://www.dissensoftware.com Director, Dissen Software, Bar & Grill - Israel ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
