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CA VM:Director Commands

You can enter CA VM:Director commands from two places:

• CMS, either directly or through CP SMSG
• CA VM:Director console

The format in which you must enter a CA VM:Director command depends on where you enter it:

• From CMS directly, you must precede CA VM:Director commands with the name of the service virtual machine:

  VMDIRECT command [ parameters]
  

  All CA VM:Director commands can be entered from CMS.

• Through CP SMSG, you must precede CA VM:Director commands with #CP SMSG and the name of the CA VM:Director service virtual machine:

  #CP SMSG VMDIRECT command [parameters]
  

CP Commands for CA VM:Director System Administrators

Only some commands are enterable through CP SMSG, and you must have NOPASS authorization in the AUTHORIZ CONFIG file to issue these commands through CP SMSG. For a system administrator, these commands are:

• ABEND
• CMS
• END
• EXPIRE
• JOURNAL
• MAP
• NOLOG
• QPCB
• QUERY
• RESET
• TRACE

• From the CA VM:Director console, do not precede product commands with the name of the product service virtual machine:

  command [parameters]
  

  Only some CA VM:Director commands can be entered at the product console, and only when the product console is running connected. These commands are:

  • ABEND
  • CMS
  • END
  • JOURNAL
  • MAP
  • QLOCK
  • QPCB
  • RESET

Important! Do not enter other commands from the CA VM:Director service virtual machine console. Further, never issue commands to other CA products from the CA VM:Director console. CA VM:Director operation will cease while that command executes, and this can cause your entire system to hang.

CP Commands for Directory Managers

A directory manager can issue only two typical directory manager commands through CP SMSG, and the directory manager must have appropriate authorization. These commands are EXPIRE and QUERY.

Help with CA VM:Director Commands

You can get help for selected CA VM:Director commands through the CMS HELP facility. To see an overview of CA VM:Director online help and a list of commands for which help is available, enter the following from CMS:

help vmdirect

To see the online help screen for one of the commands listed in the overview, move the cursor to that command and press PF1. When you are finished reading the help screen, press PF3 to return to the online help overview screen and PF3 again to exit the CMS HELP facility.

You can bypass the online help overview screen and get help for a command directly by entering help vmdirect and the name of the CA VM:Director command for which you need help. For example, to see the online help screen on the CA VM:Director QUERY command, enter the following from CMS:

help vmdirect query

Note: For more information about using the CMS HELP facility, see the IBM CMS User’s Guide appropriate for your system.