MF Terminology
Terminology
| /$D SPOOL | Â – Display spool volume usage |
| /$HASP843 MASDEF | Â – Display characteristics of the MASDEF |
| /$P SPOOL | Â – Drain a spool volume |
| /$Z SPOOL
ACF |
 – Halt a spool volume
– Advance communication function |
| AMRF
AOR |
 – Action message retention facility
– Application owning region |
| APF | – Authorized program facility |
| Apostrophe
APPC |
– also referred to as single quotes (‘)
– Advance program to program communication |
| ARL | – Authority Revocation List |
| ASID
AVR BCP |
– Address space identifier
– Automatic volume recognition – Base control program |
| BCS
BMS BSC |
– Basic Catalog Structure – ‘the catalog’+ ‘user catalog’                    for for application data sets, + ‘master catalog’ for                     catalogs system data sets
– Basing mapping support – Basing synchronous communications |
| braces
CA CI CDRM CFRM |
 – {            }
– Control area – Control interval – Cross domain resource manager – Coupling facility resource management |
| CHPID
CICS CSD |
– Channel path identifier
– CICS System definition |
| CICS
|
– Customer Information Control System
/tables, tasks/ |
| CICSÂ TD
CICS TCT |
– CICSÂ transient data queue
– CICSÂ transaction control table |
| CICSÂ TE | – CICS terminal entry |
| CICSÂ TR | – CICSÂ transactions |
| CICS FI | – CICS files |
| CICS TSQ | – CICS temporary storage queue |
| CLPA | – Create link pack area |
| CNC | – ESCON channel attached to an ESCON-capable device |
| CRL | – Certificate Revocation List |
| CS TCP/IP | – Communications Server Transmission Control Protocol
/Internet Protocol – Telnet Communication |
| CSDAILY | – Jobs every day |
| CSWEEKLY | – Jobs every week |
| CTC
DASD |
– Channel-to-channel adapter
– Direct access storage device |
| DCB | – Data Control Block /parameter specifies information                  required for the processing of the records themselves/
. |
| DCOLLECT | – DFSMS Data Collection Facility |
| DD Label parameter
DDR DFDSS DFHSM DFRMM |
– RETPD or EXPDT DD parameter specify a retention
period or expiration date for the data set. – Dynamic device reconfiguration – Data Facilty data set services – backup/restore data – Data Facilty hierarchical storage manager for data – Data Facilty RMM |
| DFSMS rmm
DFSORT |
– Data Facilty SMS
– Data Facilty sorting & manipulating data |
| DLF | – Data Lookaside Facility |
| DSORG | – MVS physical sequential Data set organization |
| DUMPXY | – Job automatically to dump full BC2A.MAN1, 2,3 to
weekly file iposav.smfdumpw |
| ECuRep
EFT EREP |
– Enhanced Customer Data Repository
– Electronic Funds Transfer – Environment Recording Editing and Printing program |
| EREPC01
ESA |
– Error records log
– Enterprise system architecture |
| ESCON | – IBM Enterprise Systems Connection |
| ESCON CNC or FCV channel | – Communicate with any ESCON control unit |
| ESCON CTC channel | – Communicate only with a CNC or FCV channel |
| Extended Multiple Console Support (EMCS) consoles | – Extend the number of consoles beyond the MCS
console limit, which is 99 for each z/OS system in a sysplex |
| FICON channel
FOR |
– Fibre Connection channel
– File owning region |
| Fork
GRS GTF |
– spawn request
– Global resource serialization – Generalized trace facilty |
| hardcopy log | – console messages log |
|  HCD | – Hardware Configuration Definition of ISPF
/Interactive interface to define the hardware configuration for both the channel subsystem and operating system/ |
| Â HCM | – Hardware Configuration Manager – graphical user
interface to HCD. HCM interacts with HCD in a client/server relationship (that is, HCM runs on a workstation and HCD runs on the host) |
| ICF | – Integrated Catalog Facility |
| IOCDSÂ
IODF ICKDSF |
– Input Output Control Data Set
– Input Output Definition File – Device Support Facilities |
| IOCP | – Input/Output Configuration Program |
| IPL | –Â Initial program load |
| ISPF | – Interactive System Productivity Facility |
| J|JOB | – JES2 displays information for active batch jobs. |
| JES2 MAS
LAN |
– JES2 /job entry subsystem/ multi-access spool
environment – Local area network |
| LMS
LLA |
– IBM License management support
– Library Lookaside |
| LPA | – Link Pack Area |
| LPAR
LSR |
– Logical partition – BC2A, BC4A, BC1B, BC3A
– Local shared resources |
| MAGSTAR
MCS |
–Â Tape robot
–Â Multiple console supprt |
| MIPS
MPF |
– Millions instruction per second – technical metric of
strength of machine – Message processing facilty |
| MSU |  – Million service units it is “financial measure” for
SW cost |
| Â MCS
MVS NCP NIP NJE |
– Multiple Console Support /consoles locally attached to
a z/OS system and provide the basic communication between operators and z/OS/ – Multiple Virtual Storage – Network control program – Nucleus initialization program – Network Job Entry /host to host/ |
| Non-QDIO mode | – CHPID type must be OSE for TCP/IP connection
/minimized functions/ to a OSA-Express network |
| NVR | – Non-VSAM volume record for SMS-managed
non-VSAM data sets |
| OAM | – Object Access Method – component of DFSMSdfp –
system-managed storage |
| OSA-Express cards to the processor | – CHPID type is OSD or OSX, for connection to
a OSA-Express network |
| PC/3270Â Â Communication
PFK PGN PLU PSW PTF |
– Personal Communication for IBM 3270 terminals
– Program function key – Performance group member – Program library updates – Program status word – Program temporary fix |
| QDIOÂ (Queued Direct I/O) mode | – CHPID type must be OSD for TCP/IP connection
/standard maximum efficient functions/ to a OSA-Express network |
| Quotes | – (“) |
| RACF
RJE |
 – Resource Access Control Facility
– Remote job entry |
| RMF |  – Resource management facility |
| RMM | – Removable Media Manager |
| RMMEXPIR | – Job to activate retention period
/in BC2A.ZOS140.OPER.LIB/ |
| RMMVRS
RRS SAD SAF SCP SDLC SIT SNA |
– Job to make permanent /BC2A.ZOS140.OPER.LIB/
– Resource recovery services – System activity display – Security authorization facilty – System control program – Synchronous data link control – System initialization table /CICS/ – System network architecture |
| S|STC | – JES2 displays information for active started tasks. |
| SMF | – System managements /measurement/ facility |
| SMPCSI (CSI) data sets | – VSAM data sets used to control the installation
process and record the results of processing. |
| SMS | – Storage management subsystem |
| SNA SMCS consoles | – SNA /System network architecture/ SMCS
/Multiple Console Support/ consoles |
| Snippet (programming)
SOM |
– a small region of re-usable source code,
machine code or text. – System object model |
| Spawn
SSP |
– cloning
– System support programs |
| square Brackets | Â –Â [ ] |
| SRM
SVC SYSID |
– System resources manager
– System virtual call – System identification |
| SYSLOG
TCPIP |
– system log messages
– Transmisson Control Protocol Internet Protocol |
| T|TSU | – JES2 displays information for active time-sharing users. |
| TCAS | – TERMINAL CONTROL ADDRESS SPACE |
| Tlt | – Tape to labeled tape – Ditto function |
| TOD
TOR |
 – Time of day clock of the processing unit of Mainframe
– Terminal owning region |
| TRM
TSO |
– Tamper Resistence Module
– Time sharing option |
| UADS | – User attributes data set |
|  ( _ ) | – Underscore, underline |
| VLF | – VIRTUAL LOOKASIDE FACILITY |
| VRS
VTAM |
– Vital Record Specification
– Virtual storage access method – Virtual Telecommunication Access Metod |
| VTOC | – Volume table of contents |
| VTS | – Virtual Tape Server |
| VVDS | – VSAM Volume Data Set |
| VVDS (catalog Volume Data Set) | – SYS1.VVDS.VPRD004 – 120 tracks. The VVDS
contains VSAM volume records (VVRs) that hold information about VSAM data sets residing on the volume and also contains non-VSAM volume records (NVRs) for SMS-managed non-VSAM data sets on the volume |
| VVR | – VSAM Volume Record – SMS-managed information
about VSAM data sets residing on the volume with the VVDS (VSAM Volume Data Set) |
| WLM
|
– Work Load Manager- Version 13, functionality 6,
CDS format 3 |
| WSS
WTL |
– Working set sizes
– Write to log |
| WTO buffers
WTOR |
 – WTO/write to operator/ messages
clear WTO with command k q,r=hc – Write to operator with reply |
Key words of ZOS
ZOS IPL config JCL source compile/LE IODF create/change
“       “    ISMF HCD config IOCDS IODF create/change
“       “    Master/alternate console IBM PC/3270 session create/change IP/LU
“       “    HMC LPAR CPC Images Load Activate/Deactivate OS messages operation
“       ZOS-Message Help IBM Docs
“       JES commands offload spool volumes JCL full LOG messages FTP up/down
“       SMF full SMFClear Sys1.dmp clear
“       ISMF RMF CDS DFSMS add/remove vols tape disk storage group define/alter
“       ISMF ISPF/PDF Utilities Data set Library create/alter operation
“       ISMF DITTO VTOC browse/edit tape disk VSAM
“       ISMF SDSF sd.st sd.log sd.i sd.o I/O queue
“       VSAM export/import cluster catalog define delete garbage
“       ADRDSSU dump restore copy tape disk files
“       TSO User profile cancel TCP/IP display/modify devices online/offline IPLINFO
“       CICS CEMT file open/close ppt/pct/fct cedf ceda ceci inserv/outserv device
“       VTAM net inact/act swnode swnet PU LU BUILD
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