IBM Professional Series User manual

•

Preface

This publication

intended for all users of

VM/PC.

assumes a general knowledge of the

operating

environment. This publication has two sections:

Chapters 1 through 5 contain basic information to help

you start using

VM/PC.

Chapters 6 through 8 and the Appendixes contain more

specialized and reference information.

"How

Use This Book" on page 1-3 describes the layout

this book in greater detail.

you are

not

familiar with using

VM/SP

something

similar, you may

want

to order the

IBM

publication Virtual

Machine/

Personal Computer Primer, part number 6024174,

from your

IBM

Marketing Representative. This Primer

intended for beginning users.

provides many examples

basic usage.

VM/PC

based upon

VM/SP

Release 2.

may

necessary

reference some

VM/SP

publications to find

further reference information for

VM/PC.

Appendix

C, "Comparison

VM/PC

and

VM/SP"

page C-1

provides information about where

find further information

in the

VM/SP

library, and gives the Titles and Order

Numbers for the

VM/SP

books.

When you see text printed in this color it indicates either:

This

the first occurrence of a term defined in the

glossary.

This

a user entry (for example, a command).

Preface iii

Statement

Service

Program service for

VM/PC

IBM Central Service including an IBM

Support Center. This service will be available until discontinued by IBM

upon six (6) months written notice or until

December 1985, whichever

comes first.

The IBM Support Center will provide the customer technical coordinator

with telephone assistance in problem diagnosis and resolution. The IBM

Support Center

the established point of contact between the customer

technical coordinator and IBM Central Service.

IBM Central Service will respond to a defect in the unaltered portion of a

supported release of the licensed program by issuing defect correction

information such as correction documentation, corrected code,

notice

availability of corrected code;

a restriction or a bypass. IBM does not

guarantee service results or that the program will be error free

that all

program defects will be corrected.

No on-site service

included.

The IBM Marketing Representative will register the customer technical

coordinator with the IBM Support Center.

expected that the customer

technical coordinator

familiar with

VM/

CMS. The customer technical

coordinator becomes the first level of customer end-user assistance. The

technical coordinator's duties should include:

answer end-user hardware and software questions.

perform problem determination to determine if a problem

hardware

or software related.

provide the customer interface to the appropriate IBM Support

Centers.

provide corrections received from IBM Central Service through the

IBM Support Center to all licensed

VM/PC

users for whom he

responsible in the customer organization.

manage problems and changes for

VM/PC

end-users in the customer's

organization.

Some customers may find it necessary to have more than one technical

coordinator. However, to ensure consistency

support, the number

technical coordinators should be kept to a minimum. The IBM Marketing

Representative

the contact to negotiate additional technical coordinators.

VM/PC

Users Guide

Contents

Chapter 1. Introduction to

VM/PC

...

1-1

What You Need

...........................

1-2

How to Use This Book

......................

1-3

The

VM/PC

System

.......................

1-7

Using Local

VM/PC

Services

................

1-8

Using Remote VM Services

..................

1-9

Chapter 2. Installing

VM/PC

.......

2-1

About This Chapter

......................

2-1

Before You Begin

.........................

2-2

Copying

VM/PC

to Backup Diskettes

..........

2-4

Copying

VM/PC

to Your System

..............

2-5

How Much Disk Space Is Required?

..........

2-14

At Installation Time

.....................

2-14

After Installation

.......................

2-14

What About Existing Files?

.................

2-17

Something Goes Wrong?

.................

2-19

DOS

Facilities Missing

..................

2-19

VM/PC

Temporary Files Already Exist

......

2-19

Insufficient Space on C Disk

..............

2-20

Unable to Read Space Available on C Disk

....

2-21

VM/PC

Distribution Diskette Not Used

.....

2-21

Repeating the Installation Process

............

2-23

Chapter 3. Configuring Your

VM/PC

System

........................

3-1

The Configuration File

....................

3-1

The Configurator Program

...................

3-3

Starting the Configurator Program

...........

3-3

Using the Configurator

....................

3-3

Configurator Screens

...................

3-4

Function Key Usage

....................

3-4

Keyboard Usage

.......................

3-5

The Password Screen

.....................

3-6

Function Menu Screen

....................

3-6

Quitting the Configurator

................

3-7

Contents v

Normal Exit from the Configurator

........

3-7

System Configuration Screen

...............

3-8

Configurator Password Screen

.............

3-10

System Options Screen

..................

3-10

User Selection Screen

...................

3-11

User Function Selection Screen

..........

3-12

Update Environment for User Screen

......

3-12

Minidisk List Screen

..................

3-13

Link List Screen

.....................

3-16

Update Link Screen

...................

3-17

Disk Allocation and Checking

..............

3-18

Limitations

...........................

3-19

Chapter 4. Getting Started

..........

4-1

Invoking

VM/PC

.......................

4-1

Keyboard Usage

...........................

4-2

Session Selection

..........................

4-5

Local

3277

Session

......................

4-6

Remote

3277

Session

....................

4-6

Remote 3101 Session

....................

4-7

Prerequisites

.........................

4-8

Using the Remote 3101 Session

...........

4-8

370

Processor Control

...................

4-11

LogonSequence

.........................

4-12

Screen Format

...........................

4-15

Screen Scroll

..........................

4-15

Status Notices

.........................

4-16

The

25th

Line

.........................

4-18

What To Do if Something Goes Wrong

........

4-21

System Failures

........................

4-21

Startup Failures

......................

4-22

Processing Failures

...................

4-23

System Error Conditions

.................

4-23

Error Messages

......................

4-23

System Unavailable

...................

4-23

Chapter 5. Using

VM/PC

Commands to

Do Work

......................

5-1

Using Commands

Do Work

..............

5-1

Creating, Changing and Managing Files

.........

5-2

VM/PC

Users Guide

Creating Files

..........................

5-2

What Is a File?

.......................

5-2

Creating A File

.......................

5-4

Entering Data

.......................

5-7

Capital and Lowercase

Letters

............

5-8

Splitting and Joining Lines

...............

5-9

Setting Tabs

........................

5-10

Displaying

Key Settings

.............

5-10

Inserting Words in a Line

...............

5-11

Power Typing

........................

5-11

Creating an XEDIT Profile

.............

5-12

Changing Files

.........................

5-13

Displaying a File on Your Screen

.........

5-13

Adding Lines

........................

5-13

Moving through a File

.................

5-14

Deleting Lines

.......................

5-15

Duplicating Lines

.....................

5-17

Copying Lines

.......................

5-17

Moving Lines

........................

5-19

Cancelling a Prefix Command -

RESET

Command

.........................

5-19

LOCATE and CHANGE Commands

......

5-19

Repeating a Command -The = (equal)

Command

.........................

5-21

Combining Files

......................

5-21

Cancelling Changes to a File

............

5-22

Numbering Lines

a File

..............

5-23

Sorting a File

........................

5-23

Protecting Files

........................

5-26

SAVE Command

.....................

5-26

SET

AUTOSAVE Command

............

5-27

Managing Files

........................

5-27

Getting a List

Your Files

..........•..

5-28

Using the FILELIST Command

..........

5-28

Using the LISTFILE Command

..........

5-35

Printing Files

............................

5-38

Command

...................•..

5-38

Remote Printing

........................

5-38

Writing EXECs

..........................

5-40

An EXEC to Print a File

..............•..

5-40

Contents vii

Setting Up Your System to

Meet

Your Needs

...

5-44

Finding

Out

Basic Information

.............

5-44

How Much Disk Space Have I Used?

........

5-44

How Does

CMS

Choose Programs and Files? .

5-45

Modifying the ACCESS List

..............

5-45

Easy Way to

Set

Up a Concurrent Session .

5-47

Establishing Automatic LINKs and ACCESSes.

5-48

Sharing Data and Programs with

Other

Users

5-48

A Sample PROFILE EXEC

...............

5-50

Keys Make Work Simpler

.............

5-50

Reviewing What

You

Have Done

...........

5-51

Scrolling Screen Contents

..............

5-51

Retrieving Commands

.................

5-52

Using Synonyms

Your Work

.............

5-53

Controlling Your Display

.................

5-54

Highlighting Your Input

................

5-54

Scrolling a Half Screen

...........•....

5-54

Displaying Long Lines

.................

5-54

Transferring Personal Computer

DOS

and

VM/PC

Files

.............................•....

5-55

Copying a

Text

File from Personal Computer

DOS

VM/PC

(IMPORT)

.............

5-55

Copying a

Text

File from

VM/PC

to Personal

Computer

DOS

(EXPORT)

.........•....

5-56

Copying a Program from Personal Computer

DOS

VM/PC

(IMPORT)

........•....

5-57

Copying a Program from

VM/PC

to Personal

Computer

DOS

(EXPORT)

..............

5-57

Chapter 6. Remote Services

.........

6-1

Remote Upload/Download

................

6-1

VM/PC

Remote Services Program

..........

6-3

Installing VMPCSERV

.................

6-3

What To Do if Something Goes Wrong

.....

6-6

VMPCSERV Program

............•.....

6-8

Remote Minidisks

.......................

6-9

Remote Files

..........................

6-12

File Upload/Download

............•....

6-13

Remote Spooling

.......................

6-14

What to Do if Something Goes Wrong

.......

6-15

viii

VM/PC

Users Guide

How VMPCSERV Works

................

6-16

Collecting Names of Files Downloaded to

VM/PC

...........................

6-18

Chapter 7.

VM/PC

Commands

......

7-1

Entering Commands

.....•................

7-1

The Command Name

...................

7-1

The Command Operands

................

7-1

The Command Options

.................

7-2

Comments

CMS

Command Lines

........

7-2

Notational Conventions

...................

7-2

Commands

............................

7-7

Format

Commands

..................

7-7

Summary

Commands

................

7-7

Commands and Options

...............

7-10

.................................

7-10

#CP

...............................

7-10

ATTN

.............................

7-11

BEGIN

............................

7-12

CHANGE

..........................

7-12

............................

7-14

................................

7-16

DEFINE

...........................

7-16

DETACH

..........................

7-18

DISPLAY

..........................

7-19

DUMP

............................

7-23

EXTERNAL

........................

7-26

IPL

...............................

7-26

LINK

.............................

7-27

LOGOFF

..........................

7-30

ORDER

...........................

7-30

PURGE

............................

7-31

QUERY

...........................

7-32

REQUEST

.........................

7-37

SET

...............................

7-38

SPOOL

............................

7-41

STORE

............................

7-44

TAG

..............................

7-46

TERMINAL

........................

7-48

TRACE

............................

7-51

Contents

CMS

Commands

.........................

7-56

Character

Set

Usage

....................

7-56

CMS

Command Search Order

.............

7-56

Summary

CMS

Commands

.............

7-59

CMS

Commands and Options

.............

7-61

ACCESS

...........................

7-62

CMDCALL

.........................

-66

COMPARE

...........•.............

7-66

CONW

AIT

.........................

7-66

COPYFILE

.........................

7-67

................................

7-67

DEBUG

...........................

7-68

DEFAULTS

........................

7-69

DESBUF

...........................

7-71

DROPBUF

.........................

7-71

ERASE

............................

7-72

ESTATE/ESTATEW

.................

7-72

EXEC

.............................

7-74

EXECIO

...........................

7-74

EXPORT

..........................

7-76

FILEDEF

..........................

7-78

FILELIST

..........................

7-78

FINIS

.............................

7-79

FORMAT

..........................

7-80

GENDIRT

.........................

7-84

GENMOD

.........................

7-84

GLOBAL

..........................

7-89

GLOBALV

.........................

7-90

IDENTIFY

.........................

7-93

IMPORT

..........................

7-94

INCLUDE

..........................

7-97

LISTFILE

..........................

7-98

LOAD

..............................

7-99

LOADMOD

........................

7-99

MACLIB

..........................

7-100

MAKEBUF

........................

7-101

MODMAP

........................

7-102

NUCXDROP

......................

7-102

NUCXLOAD

......................

7-102

NUCXMAP

.......................

7-104

VMjPC

Users Guide

...........................

-104

QUERY

...................•......

7-105

RELEASE

.........................

7-114

RENAME

.........................

7-114

SENTRIES

........................

7-114

SET

..............................

7-115

SORT

............................

7-118

START

..........................

7-119

STATE/STATEW

..................

7-119

SYNONYM

.......................

7-119

TXTLIB

..........................

7-126

TYPE

.....................•......

7-126

UPDATE

.........................

7-126

XEDIT

...........................

7-127

Immediate Commands

................

7-128

Chapter 8.

VM/PC

Messages

.......

8-1

How To Use This Chapter

.................

8-1

Identifying Issuing Component

..............

8-1

Reading a Sample Message Explanation

.......

8-2

Message Explanations

......................

8-3

List

All

VM/PC

CMS

Messages

...........

8-26

Appendix

/CMS

Interface

.....

A-I

Privileged Operation Simulation

.............

A-I

Set

Storage Key -SSK

.................

A-I

Insert Storage Key -ISK

................

A-I

Test

I/O

TIO

.......................

A-2

Set

Clock -SCK

......................

A-2

Diagnose Instruction in

VM/PC

..............

A-3

DIAGNOSE Code

X'OO'

Store

Extended-Identification Code

...............

A-5

DIAGNOSE Code

X'08'

Virtual Console

Function

...............................

A-7

DIAGNOSE Code X'OC'

Pseudo Timer

.....

A-10

DIAGNOSE Code

X'10'

Release Pages

.....

A-II

DIAGNOSE Code

X'18'

Standard DASD

I/O

A-12

DIAGNOSE Code

X'20'

General

I/O

......

A-14

DIAGNOSE Code

X'24'

Device Type and

Features

..........•......•............

A-16

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