RELEASE Command

The RELEASE command causes immediate initiation of a scheduled or dependent request.

RELease userid requestname [(PASSWORD password]

Definitions

userid

Specifies the user ID of the virtual machine owning the request to be initiated.

requestname

Specifies the name of the request to be initiated.

PASSWORD password

Specifies the CP LOGON password of the virtual machine that the user ID parameter specified. Your CA VM:Schedule system administrator can specify that users are not allowed to enter the password in the option string. If your system operator enables this restriction, you use the prompting procedure for password entry.

You do not have to supply your password under the following circumstances:

You release a request that you submitted from your own user ID
You release a dependent request and your user ID was specified as the release by user ID when the request was created
You release a request that submitted under a different user ID, but your system administrator has given you NOPASS authority.

Description

The RELEASE command lets you initiate a scheduled or dependent request immediately. A released request attempts to initiate until it exceeds the WITHIN time, after which it skips.

You can use the RELEASE command to chain together requests with order-dependent execution. See the Running Requests That Depend on Other Requests section for more information.

Example

User LYDIA has scheduled the request PROD1 with the RELEASE option:

vmsched sched prod1 acctrept (release lucy

When it is time for PROD1 to be released, LUCY can issue the following command:

vmsched release lydia prod1