> -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Peter Relson > Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 6:55 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: useless message at IPL > <snip> > > What message was it waiting for you to reply to? > > It's almost certain that the messages were written via WTO, > not WTL. They > probably specified MCSFLG of HARDCPY. If these were ASAxxxI > messages, it's > possible that the invoker did not take advantage of some > infrastructure > support that would avoid using hardcopy-only during IPL for > precisely the > case you encountered. After IPL, hardcopy-only is used to > avoid flooding > the console, since the syslog can be examined. A change to > take advantage > of this could likely be made in a future release. > > Peter Relson > z/OS Core Technology Design
Unfortunately, I don't have the SYSLOG from that IPL. The message being waited upon was one which said that I need to reply with an OMVS= which contained BPXPRMnn members which did not have any syntax errors. I knew the old PARMLIB BPXPRMnn suffix values and so reply with them. This allowed z/OS to continue to IPL. I then looked at the SYSLOG to see what I did wrong and fix it. I then IPL'ed again. If the BPXPRMnn syntax errors had been shown, I could have fixed them on another system and simply replied with same member suffixes and thus avoided a second IPL. OK, not a big deal. However, if I had done an "update in place" of the PARMLIB member, I wouldn't have had a way to continue the IPL. So I would have had to try to figure out the error on another system with no help. I guess what it really means is that I should never update an in-use member of PARMLIB, but copy it to a different suffix, modify it, then point to the modified PARMLIB member. -- John McKown Systems Engineer IV IT Administrative Services Group HealthMarkets(r) 9151 Boulevard 26 * N. Richland Hills * TX 76010 (817) 255-3225 phone * (817)-961-6183 cell [email protected] * www.HealthMarkets.com Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message may contain confidential or proprietary information. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. HealthMarkets(r) is the brand name for products underwritten and issued by the insurance subsidiaries of HealthMarkets, Inc. -The Chesapeake Life Insurance Company(r), Mid-West National Life Insurance Company of TennesseeSM and The MEGA Life and Health Insurance Company.SM ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
