Don't know if z/OS itself is part of this, but have you looked at http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/rfe/?
>________________________________ > From: David Boyes <dbo...@sinenomine.net> >To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU >Sent: Sunday, July 22, 2012 2:17 PM >Subject: Submitting a requirement for z/OS to at least acknowledge SIGNAL >SHUTDOWN by printing a message > >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 lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
