Skip to main content

IBM Systems  >   System z  >   z/VM  >  

DirMaint Support for VM/ESA 2.2.0

(Year 2000 Support)

Last updated: 2000-02-02     (Subscribe to updates)

DirMaint APARs VM60538, VM61848, and VM61546 (all included on RSU 9901) provide support for year 2000 (along with VM/ESA 2.2.0). This includes supporting the DATEFORMAT directory statement, and the FULLDATE, ISODATE, SHORTDATE, VMDATE, and SYSDEFAULT options on several CP and CMS commands.

Important information for VMSES/E must be reviewed prior to installing any RSU or SDO tapes in the year 2000.

DATEFORMAT Command

Format: 

   >>-------DIRMaint-------DATEFormat-----?------------------
                                       |--DELETE------|
                                       |--FULldate----|
                                       |--ISOdate-----|
                                       |--SHOrtdate---|
                                       |--SYSdefault--|

Purpose:

The DATEFORMAT operand of the DIRMAINT command allows the general user to add, change, delete, or query the DATEFORMAT statement in a directory entry. Where nodeid is the one- to eight- character name of the node to be undefined.

Parms:

?
issues a query against the existing DATEFORMAT statement.
DELETE
deletes an existing DATEFORMAT statement from the directory entry.
FULldate
requests that dates be shown in FULL date (mm/dd/yyyy) format.
ISOdate
requests that dates be shown in ISO date (yyyy-mm-dd) format.
SHOrtdate
requests that dates be shown in SHORT date (mm/dd/yy, mm/dd, or dd mmm yy; depending on the particular command) format.
SYSdefault
requests that dates be shown in whichever format has been selected by the system administrator and specified with the SYSTEM_DATEFORMAT statement in the system configuration file, or by the system operator and specified with a CP SET DATEFORMAT SYSTEM command.

Usage Notes:

  1. You may use one or more of the prefix keywords (REQuest, TOsys, ASuser, BYuser, FORuser, ATnode) with this command. These prefix keywords may be specified in any order, but each keyword may only be specified once.
  2. For a complete description of the DATEFORMAT directory statement see the VM/ESA Planning and Administration manual.

Date Support

FULLDATE, ISODATE, SHORTDATE, and VMDATE are now options on several DirMaint commands as follows:

CHECK
FULLDATE, ISODATE, SHORTDATE, and VMDATE on the FILELIST and LISTFILE options
DATAMOVE
FULLDATE, ISODATE, and SHORTDATE on the GETCONSOLE option
GETCONSOLE
FULLDATE, ISODATE, and SHORTDATE on the ? option
INVEN
FULLDATE, ISODATE, and SHORTDATE on the ALL option
SATELLITE
FULLDATE, ISODATE, and SHORTDATE on the GETCONSOLE option

Interface Descriptor

Migration Alert!

The interface descriptor has been changed from 199501 to 199601 for the following exit points:

  • COMMAND_AFTER_PROCESSING_USER_EXIT (DVHCXA)
  • COMMAND_BEFORE_PROCESSING_USER_EXIT (DVHCXB)
  • COMMAND_BEFORE_PARSING_USER_EXIT (DVHCXC)
  • REQUEST_AFTER_PROCESSING_EXIT (DVHXRA)
  • REQUEST_BEFORE_PROCESSING_EXIT (DVHXRB)
  • REQUEST_BEFORE_PARSING_EXIT (DVHXRC)
  • MESSAGE_LOGGING_FILTER_EXIT (DVHXLF).

End Migration Alert!

The IBM supplied samples for DVHCXA, DVHCXC, and DVHXLF have been updated to tolerate either interface descriptor value. Customers will need to rework their modifications to these routines or their own DVHXRA, DVHXRB, DVHXRC, or DVHCXB exits accordingly.

For more information on the interface descriptor, see the 'Global Variables Available for the DVHX* Exits' section of the 'Exit Routines' chapter in the DirMaint Tailoring and Administration manual, and the EXITPARM help file.


If you'd like to contact DirMaint development and support, you can

Thank you for visiting this web page. Please visit again next month and check out the latest news. (Or, subscribe to future updates.)