The Mainframe Pages: Reference Data – Cybermation, ESP

Console commands:
ESPCOM (undocumented command?)
EXPEDITE
LAP [jobs]
LDSN List DSN – list allocated datasets
LDTE List currently defined dataset triggers
LISTAPTF
LSMF List SMF – display the count of SMF records being picked up by ESP.
LSYS List system – basic system information.



Exits:
COLDSTART
JOBEND
SHUTDOWN
STARTUP
WARMSTART

Terminology
AJ Application Job
AJQE Application Job Queue Element
AJQL Application Job Queue Link
ATR Application Tracking Record
CSF Consolidated Status Facility
TDR Time Driven Request
WOB Workload Object
XME Cross Memory Element


Datasets
APPLFILE slotted – non-VSAM
CKPT 1 cyl
COMMQ Agent communications info
EVENTSET The database – can have multiples. ~350 events/cylinder
HISTFILE Can be backed up automatically by ESP
INDEX Contains calendars & dataset triggers & passwords & global variable tables.
JOBINDEX Has pointers to TRAKFILE and APPLFILE
QUEUE 1 cyl
RESDEF Resource definitions
TRAKFILE Short term job tracking data. 20cyls ~ 4k jobs. Max 500cyl
USERDEF For internal security. If using SAF, can alloc as 1 track.