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  1. Preface
  2. Part 1: PowerExchange Change Data Capture Introduction
  3. Part 2: CDC Components Configuration and Management
  4. Part 3: CDC Sources Configuration and Management
  5. Part 4: Change Data Extraction
  6. Part 5: Monitoring and Tuning
  7. Appendix A: CDC for z/OS Troubleshooting
  8. Appendix B: DTL__CAPXTIMESTAMP Time Stamps

Controlling the PowerExchange Agent

Controlling the PowerExchange Agent

You can use commands to control PowerExchange Agent processing. PowerExchange Agent commands use the MVS command prefix defined by the CmdPrefix statement in the PowerExchange Agent configuration parameters.
The following table briefly describes the PowerExchange Agent commands:
Command
Description
DISPLAY
DISPLAY LOCKS displays any PowerExchange Agent locks and their owners.
DISPLAY JOBS displays all MVS TCBs registered to the PowerExchange Agent for its services.
DISPLAY MODULES displays all modules that the PowerExchange Agent loads.
DISPLAY GBLQDSNS displays all global circular queues that are allocated.
DRAIN
Ensures that all tasks using the PowerExchange Agent are completed and no longer in the system.
You must issue this command before issuing the SHUTDOWN COMPLETELY command.
LOGCLOSE
Closes the PowerExchange Agent message log, EDMSLOG SYSOUT data set.
LOGOPEN
Opens a new PowerExchange Agent message log, EDMSLOG SYSOUT data set, if one is not currently open.
LOGSPIN
Performs a LOGCLOSE operation and subsequent LOGOPEN operation.
REPCLOSE
Deallocates the current PowerExchange repository data set.
REPOPEN
Allocates the current PowerExchange repository data set if it has been deallocated by either the REPCLOSE or REPOSITORYDSN commands.
REPOSITORYDSN
Deallocates the current PowerExchange repository data set and allocates the data set specified on the command.
REPSTATUS
Displays the current status of the PowerExchange repository.
RESUME
Enables tasks to access the PowerExchange Agent following a DRAIN command.
SHUTDOWN
SHUTDOWN stops the PowerExchange Agent address space.
SHUTDOWN COMPLETELY shuts down the PowerExchange Agent and removes its data spaces from the system.
START
START DIS starts the DIS subtask, which processes DISPLAY commands.
START LOG starts the LOG subtask, which writes data from the PowerExchange Agent data space to the EDMSLOG SYSOUT data set.
START REP starts the REP subtask, which retrieves PowerExchange repository information.
STOP
STOP DIS stops the DIS subtask, which processes DISPLAY commands.
STOP LOG stops the LOG subtask, which writes data from the PowerExchange Agent data space to the EDMSLOG SYSOUT data set.
STOP REP stops the REP subtask, which retrieves PowerExchange repository information.

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