I've had success with a sandbox that's just z/OS. Not so much if a database is up.
> -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of David Logan > Sent: Sunday, December 14, 2008 1:17 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Activate lpar automatically? > > It's been many years since I have tried quiesce/restart, but I never had > much luck with it back in the MVS/ESA days. > > David Logan > Manager of Product Development, Pitney Bowes Business Insight > http://centrus.com > W: (720) 564-3056 > C: (303) 818-8222 > > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf > Of Gibney, Dave > Sent: Sunday, December 14, 2008 12:49 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Activate lpar automatically? > > If it's really a problem using production resources at night, try > QUIECSEing the sandbox when you leave and PSW restart it in the morning. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On > > Behalf Of David Logan > > Sent: Sunday, December 14, 2008 9:31 AM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: Activate lpar automatically? > > > > I would agree. I see no reason to bring down an LPAR for production. > If > > you > > are worried about test machine use overnight, you can schedule turning > off > > initiators or putting all batch jobs to sleep, or, you can even simply > > give > > a huge weight to production for the CPU so that it always gets most of > the > > priority. You can also use CPU affinity on the test lpar to minimize > > contention with production. > > > > In short, there are a lot of things you can do without having to bring > > down > > the whole lpar. > > > > David Logan > > Manager of Product Development, Pitney Bowes Business Insight > > http://centrus.com > > W: (720) 564-3056 > > C: (303) 818-8222 > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On > > Behalf > > Of Rick Fochtman > > Sent: Friday, December 12, 2008 13:20 > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: Activate lpar automatically? > > > > ------------------------------------<snip>--------------------------- > > We are wondering if we can ipl (activate) a lpar on the hmc > > automatically without any operator intervention. Anyone have a product > > or written an API? > > > > We would like to activate our test lpar (monoplex) at 7am so when we > get > > in at 8am, the system is up. We can't leave it up overnight because we > > need the cpu to do heavy production processing. > > > -----------------------------------<unsnip>----------------------------- > - > > Why not just leave it up? An idle z/OS image only consumes a small > > percentage of the CPU. If you're that close in getting your night > > production finished on time, perhaps an upgrade is on the horizon. How > > efficient are the programs used in that night production? How old are > > they? Ditto for the JCL. At Clearing, we moved two statements in a > COBOL > > program and cut the run time from over 4 hours to under 20 minutes. > > > > (Loop-start) > > IDMS: PREPARE > > (DBupdate) > > IDMS: FINISH > > (loop-end) > > > > became > > > > IDMS: PREPARE > > (Loop-start) > > (DBupdate) > > (loop-end) > > IDMS: FINISH > > > > Little things can mean a LOT! :-) > > > > -- > > Rick > > -- > > Remember that if you're not the lead dog, the view never changes. > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 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 > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 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 > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
