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How to View Enhanced Console Facility Status Information (Option 4.4)

Use OPSVIEW option 4.4 to view information about active Enhanced Console Facility (ECF) address spaces.

What Is the Enhanced Console Facility (ECF)?

The Enhanced Console Facility is intended for use when TSO (and therefore OPSVIEW) is down. It enables you to log on to a z/OS or JES console to conduct a line-mode interactive TSO session. From this session, you may issue TSO commands or invoke TSO CLISTs or OPS/REXX programs, including those that issue prompts for additional input.

As with TSO, each ECF user has an address space. However, these address spaces function even when TSO, VTAM, and JES (if CA OPS/MVS is running under the master subsystem) are down. Option 4.4 lists information about each ECF address space.