IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> wrote on 08/22/2005 06:55:02 PM:
> On Mon, 22 Aug 2005 17:40:31 -0400, Bruce Black <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > >did anyone notice that the z9-109 announcement includes a function to > >programatically reIPL the system (ala Windows/Intel RESTART). No > >indication that zOS will make use of this support. Perhaps it is > >intended for Linux. > > I recall making that request of IBM (for MVS/ESA v5 at the time) around 9- > 10 years ago, as an option of post-SADUMP processing. The idea was that > standalone dump could capture the information and then jump right into the > IPL parms specified on the HMC to get things recovered more quickly. I > also suggested that SADUMP could perhaps detect (and dump) some conditions, > presumably pre-selected and initiate SADUMP then reIPL to capture failures > and get back up. And we did write a programming spec for that function around that time, but never implemented it. The idea was that the customer would specify a list of disabled wait state code/reason code combinations, and SADUMP would be automatically initiated when those occurred. And there would be an option to have SADUMP start the MVS IPL when SADUMP completed. The has been some interest expressed in this item recently, and the old spec has been located, but it remains to see whether the interest is high enough to drive development funding. Jim Mulder z/OS System Test IBM Corp. Poughkeepsie, NY ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
