How can I go about submitting a requirement for z/OS to acknowledge and handle the same external interrupt as VM, VSE and Linux use to trigger a controlled shutdown (or at least acknowledge it by printing a message we can capture via console automation and trigger the shutdown ourselves)?
For those of you who haven't seen it, VM, VSE and Linux register for a specific fully-architected hardware external interrupt (in the PoPs) that indicates that the LPAR is being shut down. VSE issues a message, VM reflects the interrupt to all virtual machines which are registered to receive it, and Linux (if configured to register for it) triggers a user-specified command (usually 'shutdown -h now'). I'd like to have z/OS register for that interrupt, and at least print a unique message if/when that specific interrupt arrives. Any suggestions on how to get this done without taking decades? It doesn't seem like a lot to ask for, and it's a fully-defined legitimate hardware interrupt that z/OS ought to be able to handle if it got one. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
