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Data Facility Storage Management Subsystem
Complementary functions of MVS/DFP and other individual products of the
Data Facility family which, together with RACF, provide a system-managed,
administrator-controlled storage environment.
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Systems Resources Manager (SRM)
A system function that determines which address spaces should be given
access to system resources (for example processor, storage, I/O), and the
rate at which each address space is allowed to consume resources. To a
large degree, an installation′s control over the system is exercised through
the SRM; that is, via SRM tuning parameters.
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Systems Management Facility (SMF)
A facility that gathers and records job accounting and other system-related
information. By creating analysis and report routines, the collected
information can be used for billing users, for analyzing workloads, and for
profiling system resource usage.
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Interactive Storage Management Facility (ISMF)
An interactive, online facility for defining and viewing the policy of how the
Storage Management Subsystem manages auxiliary storage.
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Time Sharing Option Extensions (TSO/E)
TSO/E provides interactive time sharing capabilities.
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Interactive System Productivity Facility (ISPF)
Dialog manager required for interactive applications; for example ISPF/PDF,
ISMF, and IPCS sessions.
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Interactive System Productivity Facility/Program Development Facility
(ISPF/PDF)
ISPF/PDF provides enhanced edit and browse facilities for aiding program
development and library management functions.
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Integrated Catalog Facility (ICF)
The name of the catalog in DFP that is a functional replacement for VSAM
catalogs.
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Interactive Problem Control System (IPCS)
An interactive, online facility used for diagnosing software failures; that is,
dump viewing.
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Message Processing Facility (MPF)
The facility that controls console message processing and message display.
Message processing refers to message suppression, message retention, and
the use of installation-supplied exits to control message processing.
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Global Resource Serialization (GRS)
A component of MVS designed to protect the integrity of resources,
particularly data sets on DASD volumes that are shared by two or more
systems.
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