Just my personal opinion... I've never been too fond of VMFVIEW. It hides a lot of stuff unless one knows to poke around to look for it.
For example, if one enters "VMFVIEW SERVICE", it reports: No messages meet the search criteria. ************************************************************************ **** SERVICE USERID: MAINT **** ************************************************************************ **** Date: 05/24/10 Time: 12:31:14 **** ************************************************************************ "No messages meet the search criteria"? Why? After pressing F5 (Status), it then reports: You are viewing ST: messages from the LAST run. Number of messages shown = 8 <===> Number of messages not shown = 0 ************************************************************************ **** SERVICE USERID: MAINT **** ************************************************************************ **** Date: 05/24/10 Time: 12:31:14 **** ************************************************************************ ST:VMFSRV2195I SERVICE ALL STATUS PK65850 ST:VMFSRV2760I SERVICE processing started ST:DASD 0491 LINKED R/W; R/O BY 6 USERS ST:DASD 0492 LINKED R/W; R/O BY 6 USERS ST:VMFSRV1226I TCPIP (5VMTCP40%TCPIP) APAR PK65850 (PTF UK40952) status: ST:VMFSRV1226I RECEIVED 04/08/09 15:56:41 ST:VMFSRV1226I APPLIED 03/09/09 22:25:09 ST:VMFSRV1226I BUILT 04/08/09 16:01:50 ST:VMFSRV1226I PUT2PROD 04/08/09 18:46:35 ST:VMFSRV2760I SERVICE processing completed successfully * * * End of File * * * Ah.. much better! But that's still only the most recent run. What if one wants more runs, perhaps ALL of them? There's nothing to direct the newbie to enter at the command line: ALL But doing so does display all the status messages (and intervening comment lines) from all the SERVICE runs. But then there's no hint how one can display only certain messages, like the aforementioned: VMFSRV2195I XEDIT's ALL macro does not (at least not obviously) work from inside VMFVIEW. IMHO, some tools are more complex than the simple tools they attempt to replace - and actually result in poorer understanding of all that really went on. Respectully, Mike Walter Aon Hewitt The opinions expressed herein are mine alone, not my employer's. "Alan Altmark" <alan_altm...@us.ibm.com> Sent by: "The IBM z/VM Operating System" <IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU> 10/20/2010 01:42 PM Please respond to "The IBM z/VM Operating System" <IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU> To IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU cc Subject Re: RSU or PSU? On Wednesday, 10/20/2010 at 02:21 EDT, Mike Walter <mike.wal...@hewitt.com> wrote: > This is tough to solve without access to your disks and logs. > > 1) What SERVLINK files arrived with that RSU? > > Did you apply the RSU using the SERVICE command? > 2) If so, what was the syntax you entered for that command? > Hint: XEDIT $VMFSRV $MSGLOG A1 > Another hint, XEDIT command: ALL /VMFSRV2195I/ > Be sure to QUIT that file, you don't want to change it by accident! "VMFVIEW SERVICE". Alan Altmark z/VM and Linux on System z Consultant IBM System Lab Services and Training ibm.com/systems/services/labservices office: 607.429.3323 alan_altm...@us.ibm.com IBM Endicott The information contained in this e-mail and any accompanying documents may contain information that is confidential or otherwise protected from disclosure. If you are not the intended recipient of this message, or if this message has been addressed to you in error, please immediately alert the sender by reply e-mail and then delete this message, including any attachments. Any dissemination, distribution or other use of the contents of this message by anyone other than the intended recipient is strictly prohibited. All messages sent to and from this e-mail address may be monitored as permitted by applicable law and regulations to ensure compliance with our internal policies and to protect our business. E-mails are not secure and cannot be guaranteed to be error free as they can be intercepted, amended, lost or destroyed, or contain viruses. You are deemed to have accepted these risks if you communicate with us by e-mail.
