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VTPCMDS Parmlib Member

The VTPCMDS parmlib member contains operator console commands that are processed by CA Vtape before starting the actual shutdown process. Any MVS, JES, and CA Vtape console command can be specified in this member. If no commands are needed at shutdown, $NULL can be coded as the value for the ShutdownCommands attribute in the Parmlib Directory Section of VTPARMS parmlib member.

To define the desired shutdown console commands, use the CMD or COMMAND attributes under the ShutdownCommands parmlib section part of the VTPCMDS member, as shown in the following example:

<ShutdownCommands>
     CMD='D U,TAPE,ONLINE'
     CMD='&SVTS DISPLAY PARMLIB,M,H'
     CMD='&SVTS DISPLAY STATUS'
     COMMAND='D A,L'
     COMMAND='&SVTS D A'

Note: The use of the subsystem symbolic &SVTS in the preceding example will ensure that the SVTS command is processed by the current CA Vtape subsystem that will be shutdown.