Appendix D. Summary of DBCTL operator commands

Table 12 and Table 13 list:

Operations with DBCTL and Recovery and restart operations for DBCTL contain information on using operator commands with DBCTL. For further guidance on the syntax of DBCTL operator commands, see the IMS Operator’s Reference manual.

Note:
The / used in these commands is the default command recognition character (CRC). For information on the usage of CRCs, see Operator communication with DBCTL -- overview.
Table 12. DBCTL operator commands and CICS equivalents
DBCTL operator command CICS equivalent Valid with CDBM
/CHANGE None Yes
/CHECKPOINT (simple form) ACTIVITY KEYPOINT Yes
/CHECKPOINT FREEZE
or /CHECKPOINT PURGE
CEMT PERFORM SHUTDOWN No
/CHECKPOINT STATISTICS CEMT PERFORM STATISTICS RECORD Yes
/DBDUMP None Yes
/DBRECOVERY None Yes
/DELETE None Yes
/DEQUEUE None Yes
/DISPLAY ACTIVE or /DISPLAY CCTL CEMT INQUIRE TASK Yes
/DISPLAY DATABASE None Yes
/DISPLAY DBD, /DISPLAY POOL, and /DISPLAY PSB None Yes
/ERESTART SIT with START=AUTO resulting in EMER restart No
/LOCK None Yes
/LOG None Yes
/MODIFY None No
/NRESTART CHECKPOINT 0 SIT START=INITIAL No
/NRESTART (without CHECKPOINT 0) SIT with START=AUTO resulting in WARM start No
/PSTOP None Yes
/RMCHANGE None Yes
/RMDELETE None Yes
/RMGENJCL None Yes
/RMINIT None Yes
/RMLIST None Yes
/RMNOTIFY None Yes
/SSR None No
/START DATABASE None Yes
/STOP DATABASE None Yes
/STOP THREAD CEMT SET TASK PURGE Yes
/SWITCH OLDS None Yes
/TRACE SET PI None Yes
/UNLOCK None Yes
/VUNLOAD None Yes
MVS™ MODIFY jobname,RECONNECT CEMT PERFORM RECONNECT N/A -- MVS command
MVS MODIFY jobname,STOP|DUMP CEMT PERFORM SHUTDOWN IMMEDIATE N/A -- MVS command
Table 13. DBCTL operator commands and keywords
DBCTL operator command Keyword(s)
/CHANGE CCTL, PASSWORD, SUBSYS
/CHECKPOINT FREEZE, PURGE, ABDUMP, SNAPQ
/DBDUMP DATABASE
/DBRECOVERY AREA, DATABASE
/DELETE DATABASE, PASSWORD, PROGRAM
/DISPLAY ACTIVE, AREA, CCTL, DATABASE, DBD, INDOUBT, MODIFY, OASN SUBSYS, OLDS, POOL, PROGRAM, PSB, SHUTDOWN STATUS, STATUS, TRACE
/ERESTART CHECKPOINT, COLDBASE, COLDCOMM, COLDSYS, FORMAT, NOBMP
/LOCK DATABASE, PROGRAM
/LOG None
/MODIFY ABORT, COMMIT, PREPARE
/NRESTART CHECKPOINT 0, FORMAT, NOPASSWORD, PASSWORD
/PSTOP REGION
/RMCHANGE DBRC modifier
/RMDELETE DBRC modifier
/RMGENJCL DBRC modifier
/RMINIT DBRC modifier
/RMLIST DBRC modifier
/RMNOTIFY DBRC modifier
/SSR Commands and keywords from appropriate subsystem (for example, DB2®)
/START AREA, AUTOARCH, DATABASE, OLDS, PROGRAM, REGION|THREAD1, WADS
/STOP ADS, AREA, AUTOARCH, DATABASE, OLDS, PROGRAM, REGION|THREAD1, WADS
/SWITCH OLDS
/TRACE SET, MONITOR, PI, PSB, TABLE
/UNLOCK DATABASE, PROGRAM
/VUNLOAD AREA
Note:
THREAD is a synonym for REGION.
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