Operating the virtual machines (ADMIN dialog from user task)

ADMIN dialogs can be carried our via privileged user tasks in the monitor system or via the administration application $VMCONS which runs in the monitor system. An ADMIN dialog from a privileged user task offers the following advantages:

• Mixing of BS2000 and VM2000 commands

• Use of the full SDF functionality

• Automation of operations through S and non-S procedures

  The VM2000 command /CALL-VM-PROCEDURE is not available in a user task.

• Storage of the procedure files under the user’s own ID

• Use of output in structured S variables (S-variable streams)
  (SHOW outputs, command return codes and guaranteed messages)

• Receiving the asynchronous messages for the relevant administrator with the help of the event stream service (ESS)