The only time I've noticed is while the system is coming back up from an
IPL, OMVSKERN IIRC are the processes that execute from the /etc/rc to
start some OMVS services
Carmen
On 11/24/2021 12:26 PM, John McKown wrote:
Can't say for certain, but my SWAG is "unreaped child processes". Try an
SDSF PS display to look at the PID (Unix process ID) and PPID (parent
process ID). A UNIX process does not go away by itself. It stays around so
that the parent can get its "return code". The parent must then "destroy"
or "reap" the child. If the original parent terminates before the child,
the child continues to run and the parent of the parent becomes the actual
parent. This "bucking it up the chain" for child processes continues until
it would eventually reach PID 0, which is the "init" task, or in z/OS, OMVS.
You should be able to simply use the DA display to kill the associated STC.
On Wed, Nov 24, 2021, 11:54 Charles Mills<[email protected]> wrote:
These things just popped up on my SDSF.DA display. I've never seen them
before, and the general workload mix has not changed. Anyone know what the
heck they are?
OMVS OMVS OMVS NS FF 7405 0.00 0.00
OMVSKERN STEP1 STC01436 OMVSKERN LO FF 565 0.00 0.00
OMVSKERN STEP1 STC01437 OMVSKERN LO FF 565 0.00 0.00
OMVSKERN STEP1 STC01419 OMVSKERN LO FF 576 0.00 0.00
OMVSKERN STEP1 STC01438 OMVSKERN LO FF 567 0.00 0.00
OMVSKERN STEP1 STC01435 OMVSKERN LO FF 565 0.00 0.00
OMVSKERN STEP1 STC01414 OMVSKERN LO FF 569 0.00 0.00
OMVSKERN STEP1 STC01432 OMVSKERN LO FF 565 0.00 0.00
OMVSKERN STEP1 STC00289 OMVSKERN LO FF 582 0.00 0.00
OMVSKERN STEP1 STC01293 OMVSKERN LO FF 577 0.00 0.00
OMVSKERN STEP1 STC01441 OMVSKERN LO FF 565 0.00 0.00
OMVSKERN STEP1 STC01433 OMVSKERN LO FF 565 0.00 0.00
OMVSKERN STEP1 STC01439 OMVSKERN LO FF 565 0.00 0.00
OMVSKERN STEP1 STC01367 OMVSKERN LO FF 579 0.00 0.00
OMVSKERN STEP1 STC01429 OMVSKERN LO FF 569 0.00 0.00
OMVSKERN STEP1 STC01425 OMVSKERN LO FF 565 0.00 0.00
OMVSKERN STEP1 STC01440 OMVSKERN LO FF 565 0.00 0.00
OMVSKERN STEP1 STC01434 OMVSKERN LO FF 565 0.00 0.00
OMVSKERN STEP1 STC01413 OMVSKERN LO FF 564 0.00 0.00
OMVSKERN STEP1 STC01426 OMVSKERN LO FF 569 0.00 0.00
OMVSKERN STEP1 STC01427 OMVSKERN LO FF 576 0.00 0.00
OMVSKERN STEP1 STC01424 OMVSKERN LO FF 565 0.00 0.00
OMVSKERN STEP1 STC01417 OMVSKERN LO FF 567 0.00 0.00
OMVSKERN STEP1 STC01431 OMVSKERN LO FF 567 0.00 0.00
OMVSKERN STEP1 STC01422 OMVSKERN LO FF 577 0.00 0.00
OMVSKERN STEP1 STC01415 OMVSKERN LO FF 576 0.00 0.00
Charles
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