For some reason, IBM doesn't want to make TERSE available to VM customers. You used to be able to order a package on IBMLINK called QSEN D that was supposed to be used to pack VM dumps before sending them to the
support center, (back in the days when that was a frequent event :-)> ). QSEND is basically TERSE shipped as QSEND MODULE instead of TERSE MODULE. I say it is/was basically the same as TERSE, except that the DETERSE MODULE for VM could not DETERSE a file created with QSEND, (IBM wanted it to be a one way thing). I found out that the output created by QSEND was different from TERSE by only one byte! (The first byte.) I figured out how to ZAP DETERSE so that it would work with QSEND files as well as TERSEd files. I don't know if you can still order QSEND for VM on IBMLIN K or not, (it is not a PTF, you had to order it as a package called QSEND). Dale R. Smith Persona Non Grata
