I might add a quick addition to Mike's good suggestion
Service works if you use "SERVICE" and "PUT2PROD"
if you do service the old fashioned way it does not.
service cp status
VMFSRV2760I SERVICE processing started
VMFSRV1225I CP (5VMCPR20%CP) is at service level RSU-0701
VMFSRV2760I SERVICE processing completed successfully
Ready; T=0.19/0.20 08:52:37
vmfsim query vm sysrecs tdata :ppf zvm cp :stat
VMFSIP2480I Results for
TDATA :PPF ZVM CP :STAT
:PPF ZVM CP
:STAT RECEIVED.04/15/08.13:16:12.MAINT.RSU-0702
Ready; T=0.01/0.01 08:52:47
vmfsim query vm sysrecs tdata :ppf servp2p cp :stat
VMFSIP2480I Results for
TDATA :PPF SERVP2P CP :STAT
:PPF SERVP2P CP
:STAT RECEIVED.06/07/07.15:39:21.MAINT.RSU-0701
Ready; T=0.01/0.01 08:53:01
also the "VMFSIM" commands tell you when the RSU or PTF was applied
Bill Munson
VM System Programmer
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President MVMUA
http://www2.marist.edu/~mvmua/
"Edward M. Martin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent by: The IBM z/VM Operating System <[email protected]>
05/02/2008 02:49 PM
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The IBM z/VM Operating System <[email protected]>
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Re: HELP ME VMSES
How is it that every time I need something, the list knows before I ask
the question.
I did a VMFSETUP ZVM CP
Then do a FILEL UM* * *
But the SERVICE ALL STATUS is much nicer.
Ed Martin
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-----Original Message-----
From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of Mike Walter
Sent: Friday, May 02, 2008 2:20 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: HELP ME VMSES
Every so often someone asks the IBMVM list how to find out if a specific
PTF has been applied to a z/VM system. More often, I ask myself the
same
question. There are of course, arcane commands to supply this
information
- those documented in the dusty leather-bound VMSES/E Introduction and
Reference manual but mostly known only to the Wizards of VMSES/E, and
their closest friends. The rest of us mere mortals just lurch around
until we eventually stumble across the proper mystical incantation.
Over time, I've written down some of the suggestions from those generous
souls posting to this list, and even some of the things that I've
stumbled
across. Rather than just repeatedly lose the scribbled notes, I entered
a
few down into a "VMSES HELPME" file that is now kept on MAINT's 191 disk
(and migrated to new releases).
The file looks like (copied/pasted from XEDIT):
VMSES HELPME A1 F 80 Trunc=80 Size=17 Line=0 Col=1 Alt=0
====>
* * * Top of File * * *
Useful commands to find z/VM service/maintenance information:
SERVICE ALL STATUS
SERVICE ALL STATUS ptfnumber (e.g. UM#####)
SERVICE ALL STATUS aparnumber (e.g. VM#####)
VMFINFO ZVM componentname (SETUP
- place a non-blank character to: PTFs/APARs
- press ENTER
- displayed next (in part):
PTF number ...... (PF1 to select from list of PTFs)
APAR number ..... (PF1 to select from list of
APARs)
- place the cursor on the PRT or APAR line and press PF1.
Woohoo!
* * * End of File * * *
It's not *too* hard for me to remember the command "HELP ME VMSES"
(doesn't that have a nice plaintive ring to it?). I've used the same
"filename HELPME" in a few other seldom-used subject areas, where just a
quick example is needed. It's been quite helpful, and it's easy to find
them all with "FILELIST * HELPME *". So I wanted to "SHARE" the idea
with
others on the list.
Mike (As one ages, one learns to cope in new ways) Walter
Hewitt Associates
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