The only form of the PVM drop command that I could find that worked is SM PVM DROP USER AIXPVM02 *0001480. The last two words came from a SM PVM Q APPL L003C command that showed AIXPVM02 GODWIN *0001480 Device 5A6DEAE8 3278 Model 2 HC is in session at ALMVMD I couldn't get any combination of DROP GRAF to work. --------------------------------------------------------------------- The secondary node definition is the ninth thing out there, so to specify it on the command line, put in 7 astericks, like so PVM SJEVMT * * * * * * * SJEVM5 or PVM RETAIN2 * * * * * * * STLVM10 --------------------------------------------------------------------- This is what I did to get to a European node (MAZVM02) one day, LOGON to an ALMVMD userid, PVM CCDN =EUV PF9 gets you to a menu of countries D-MAZ MAZVM02 got me their menu --------------------------------------------------------------------- To set your defaults in PVM GLOBALV SELECT PASSTHRU SETLP PASSTHRU * * * * * * ds ts | | | | | | | | Nodeid ---/ | | | | | | | Port ---/ | | | | | | PVM userid ---/ | | | | | Notepad key ---/ | | | | Notepad # lines ---/ | | | Notepad # columns ---/ | | Temporary Disconnect String ---/ | Terminate String ---/ (there are a couple of other parms, but they're unimportant) --------------------------------------------------------------------- To set up abbreviations and/or synonyms when you PVM someplace, add the following to your userid() NAMES file. :nick.A :node.ALMVMA :nick.D :node.ALMVMD :nick.X :node.ALMVMX :nick.1 :node.SJTVM1 :nick.5 :node.SJEVM5 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Something I needed one day and didn't know how to do ... SMSG PVM CMD ALMVMA CMS ERASE PVM CONSOLE B