If the MVS system is running under VM, you can use utility IOAOPR to issue a VM CP command to VM. Any command that begins with the letters CP followed by a blank is considered by IOAOPR to be a VM CP command.

The MVS machine must be defined with appropriate security privileges and authorizations to enable IOAOPR to issue the commands.

Utility IOAOPR returns a completion code to indicate whether the VM CP command has succeeded. Control‑M can check the completion code and act accordingly. (For example, Control‑M can add or delete a prerequisite condition, reschedule the IOAOPR job after several minutes, and so on.)

If utility IOAOPR is operated under an MVS that is not running under VM, IOAOPR issues an error message if ordered to process a VM CP command.

For additional information about utility IOAOPR, see the INCONTROL for z/OS Utilities Guide.

In the following examples, utility IOAOPR is run as a job, and the VM command to be executed is defined in the PARM field: