z/VM: CP Commands and Utilities Reference - z/VM - IBM

LOCATE VDEV
Messages
Note: An asterisk in a response field indicates there is no information for that field.
In this example,
Userid
shows the user ID you specified.
Dev shows the virtual device number you specified.
VDEV shows the address of the virtual device simulation block associated with
that device number.
VPXBK
shows the address of the virtual printer extension block.
VSPBK
shows the address of the virtual spooling device block.
Rdev shows the real device number of the device you specified.
Response 2:
To display all user IDs (by the pattern ‘**’) that have a virtual device defined at
0009, enter the following:
locate vdev ** 9
Userid Dev VDEV VDSBK VPXBK VSPBK Rdev
CORAK 0009 01FD7B10 018B1F48 * 02A2AF38 TN6PV013
OPERATOR 0009 06E6C008 01AA8F48 * 06E6C0E0 *
DAWN 0009 072F8590 01EF6F48 * 072F8668 WGU00315
RSCS6 0009 0201E560 02030F48 * 0201E638 *
RSCS5 0009 022D0858 02024F48 * 022D0930 *
VTAM 0009 027974F0 0260BF48 * 027975C8 *
MURPHY 0009 02A1B1B8 028CBF48 * 02A1B290 L0002
OLIVER 0009 0497CBA8 04979F48 * 0497CC80 L0000
DAVID 0009 04981478 0497FF48 * 04981550 L0001
PUBSAUTH 0009 04982A28 04984F48 * 04982B00 *
SVCDIR 0009 056BAAC0 04A6EF48 * 056BAB98 08E0
0009 is the typical virtual device for the virtual machine console.
Response 3:
If you do not use the VDEV keyword, you see something like this:
locate david 120
VMDBK VDEV
04A78000 04829998
Ready;
HCP003E Invalid option - option
HCP009E Invalid range - range
HCP020E Userid missing or invalid
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Note: You must use the VDEV keyword to specify a range of virtual device
numbers.
HCP022E A virtual device number was not
supplied or it was invalid.
HCP026E Operand missing or invalid
HCP045E userid not logged on