Don Williams wrote:

>IIRC, it is strongly advised to never use the HMC single object operations to 
>vary a CHP when the related LPARs have operating systems running in them.

Agreed. One of our operators did something to a Production LPAR instead to a 
Sandbox LPAR from HMC. 
Lots of Ouch-ouch-ouch and IPL...

>Alas, I wish that all operating systems were designed/required to gracefully 
>handle the HMC varying resources on and off line.

Including boxed devices? 

I think z/OS should reply with this (but it is just me):

REPLY 00,Reply with G, N, W, Y or N:

1. G - Go ahead, make my day.
2. N - No, do not continue.
3. W - Go ahead, but wait for me, I want to check out that resource XYZ.
4. Y/N - Are your hardware + software fees and licenses fully paid up? ;-D

Groete / Greetings
Elardus Engelbrecht

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