Using the CDBM HELP panels

If you press the help key (PF1) from the CICS-DBCTL Operator Transaction panel, you get the panel shown in Figure 23.

Figure 23. CICS-DBCTL operator transaction help panel
 CDBM                Help: CICS-DBCTL Operator Transaction


CDBM           Use the transaction to send an IMS command to a DBCTL system.

Command        Type the command recognition character / followed by an IMS
               command and press enter to display responses.

Responses      Use the PF keys to page IMS responses.

Wildcards      * or + can be used within one database name.

End of volume  For /DBDUMP or /DBRECOVER commands only
               Choose one.
                 1. Do not force end of volume
                 2. Force end of volume
CICS APPLID
DBCTL ID       These are shown for information.

Maintenance    Enter the group command maintenance screen.

Example        /DIS DB DEPT* displays the status of several databases.

F3=Exit  F12=Cancel

If you press the help key (PF1) from the CICS-DBCTL Maintenance panel, you get the panel shown in Figure 24.

Figure 24. CICS-DBCTL Maintenance help panel
  CDBM                Help: CICS-DBCTL Operator Transaction


 Maintenance    Store commands for issuing from the CDBM screen.

 GROUP          Enter the group you want to store a command in.

 IMS COMMAND    Enter a valid IMS command to execute with the supplied data.

 ACTION         A - Add a command to the command file.
                B - Browse the contents of the command file.
                D - Delete a command, only after it has been read.
                R - Read a command from the file.
                U - Update a command, only after it has been read.

                Issue commands from the main screen in the format
                /GROUP group command.

 Example        /GROUP SAMPLE DIS shows information for the databases in SAMPLE.




 F3=Exit  F12=Cancel

Related tasks
Using CICS supplied transactions
CDBM--database control interface
Using CDBM Syntax
Using DFHDBFK - The CDBM GROUP command file
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