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From Kris Buelens, IBM Belgium
Introduction(In case you don't know SCIF)SCIF stands for Single Console Image Facility, some people refer to it as "secondary userid". It is the CP facility that allows to use CP SEND to send commands to a disconnected machine and to receive its console output on your console.
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Examplescif vtam Old secuser for VTAM was: OPERATOR SECUSER of VTAM initiated. New secuser for VTAM is: BUELENSC You can now enter command(s) for VTAM. Please note: CP some-CP-command goes directly to CP in VTAM #a-command is executed in your VM i.e. BUELENSC AnyThingElse is SENT (uppercase) to VTAM Press PF3 to stop. vtam d id=VMLU0902 VTAM: Ready; VTAM: IST097I DISPLAY ACCEPTED VTAM: IST075I NAME = BEIBM000.VMLU0902, TYPE = LOGICAL UNIT VTAM: IST486I STATUS= ACT/S, DESIRED STATE= ACTIV VTAM: IST977I MDLTAB=***NA*** ASLTAB=***NA*** VTAM: IST861I MODETAB=ISTINCL1 USSTAB=USSSNA LOGTAB=***NA*** ...... VTAM: IST314I END cp ind user VTAM: USERID=VTAM MACH=XA STOR=0032M VIRT=V XSTORE=NONE VTAM: IPLSYS=GCS DEVNUM=00015 VTAM: PAGES: RES=000769 WS=000748 LOCK=000001 RESVD=000000 VTAM: NPREF=000703 PREF=000000 READS=001407 WRITES=001303 VTAM: CPU 00: CTIME=23:12 VTIME=044:30 TTIME=059:59 IO=267217 VTAM: RDR=000000 PRT=000000 PCH=000000 ...press PF3 $$exit$$ Old secuser for VTAM was: BUELENSC VTAM : Your SECUSER set to OPERATOR by BUELENSC. SECUSER of VTAM terminated. New secuser for VTAM is: OPERATOR Ready; Example of SCIFSFSscifsfs VMSERVS .CMS q disk a SFS .CMS Commands enabled You can now enter command(s) for VMSERVS. Please note: CP some-CP-command goes directly to CP in VMSERVS #a-command is executed in your VM i.e. KRIS AnyThingElse is SENT (uppercase) to VMSERVS Press PF3 to stop. VMSERVS: LABEL VDEV M STAT CYL TYPE BLKSZ FILES BLKS USED-(%) BLKS LEFT BLK TOTAL VMSERVS: SFS191 191 A R/W 1 3390 4096 12 19-11 161 180 VMSERVS: DMS5BC3065I Operator command processing completeThe second line in the screenshot above tells you that SCIF enabled the execution of .CMS commands. SCIF Version 1.1 highlightsThe changes incorporated in SCIF 1.1 are:
SCIF Version 1.2 highlights 19 August 1999The changes incorporated in SCIF 1.2 are:
SCIF Version 1.3 highlights 2 October 2003The changes for SCIF 1.3 are:
SCIF Version 1.4 highlights 11 August 2011The change for SCIF 1.4 is the addition of a LINUXSUM option. It makes it easy to start a Linux in Single User Mode. It will respond 0 1 to this Linux' startup prompt zIPL v1.3.2 interactive boot menu 0. default (linux) 1. linux Note: VM users please use '#cp vi vmsg <input>' The LINUXSUM prefix option is merely meant to be used by a front-end EXEC that calls the SCIF EXEC, such as: /* This exec starts LINUX00 in Single User Mode if LINUX00 is already logged on, we simply SCIF to it. */ address command 'CP XAUTOLOG LINUX00 SYNC' if rc<>0 then do if rc=54 then 'EXEC SCIF (MIXED) LINUX00' /* was logged on*/ exit rc end 'EXEC SCIF (LINUXSUM) LINUX00' /* Responds "0 1" to Linux' IPL prompt */ exit rc
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