Look like the user id you have logged onto has not done an IPL CMS to start CMS in the virtual machine. FORMAT, and ID are CMS commands, not CP ones; so you need to start CMS first. Do this from the command line:

IPL CMS

P L Lovely wrote:
On old user after putting the directory online,
It appears to be fine now?
On the new user it shows:
ID HCPCMD001E Unknown CP command: ID FORMAT 191 A HCPCMD001E Unknown CP command: FORMAT Bottom shows: RUNNING As this is how the original user was acting? Thanks.
-----Original Message-----
From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[email protected]] On
Behalf Of Rich Smrcina
Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2009 10:05 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Access CP problem

Was the virtual machine in CP mode?  Was CP READ in the lower right of the
terminal session?

P L Lovely wrote:
During nightly process problem operator reported problem:
MSG: HCPCQV003E Invalid option - disk
When entering a Q DISK receive message, unable to enter an VM CP command - query DASD.
Created new VM user IPL-ed to format an A disk same error?
When logging on to an old user -appears to be working okay.
Any suggestions?  TIA






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