• Edward Jaffe

  • S606 - A Treasure Trove of Undocumented IPCS Commands

    Session Evaluation

    IBM delivers a "treasure trove" of undocumented commands free to use by all z/OS V2R5 and 3.1 clients. Familiarity with these features
    can provide significant productivity gains to serious bug hunters and even part-time casual dump readers can benefit from the high-level
    functions that provide otherwise-hard-to-find problem overview information. These undocumented commands are not supported, so if
    and when they don't work, we won't expect IBM to fix them. But when they do work (which is almost all the time), they provide invaluable
    information and insight that can help z/OS problem diagnosticians shave off hours dump diagnosis time. William Penn said, "Knowledge
    is the treasure of a wise man." Come to this session and leave a little richer and wiser.