I for one had a different interpretation of 'rename'. You just want an icon on the HMC to have your own 'nickname'? True CEC name still P+serial#? What I would do/have done in the past is this. Very simple and requires no refresh. And no ill consequences if it's not right the first time.
1. Go into the 'grouping' function. 2. Create a new group for the CEC. 3. Assign one only one item to this group: your CEC with its natural born name. 4. Name the group with your desired nickname. It's not limited to 8 characters. You can force a name to multiple lines with a special delimiter that used to be documented in the Help file. I think it's vertical bar '|'. 5. From now on your nickname will appear in the work space. When you click on it, you will see the true name, but for practical purposes you will see the nickname. I apologize if you want something different. . . . J.O.Skip Robinson Southern California Edison Company Electric Dragon Team Paddler SHARE MVS Program Co-Manager 323-715-0595 Mobile [email protected] [email protected] > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of Ted MacNEIL > Sent: Thursday, January 7, 2016 10:47 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Bulk] Re: Change CPC name in HMC > > We 'had' to do this, once. > IBM originally recommended that LPAR names be independent of the 'name' > of the image name running within it. > > Then, with GDPS, they recommended the reverse. The implementation went > without a hitch. > All our reporting/billing? Not so well. > > - > -teD > - > Original Message > From: Skip Robinson > Sent: Thursday, January 7, 2016 10:59 > To: [email protected] > Reply To: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > Subject: Re: Change CPC name in HMC > > First off, you can name a CPC anything you want within the syntax rules. > Ideally you should pick a good name at initial install, but it can be changed > later. That being said, after we installed z12s in a new data center in 2013, we > intended to rename the z196 remaining in the old data center. We never got > that done because we had never actually renamed a box before and were > wary of what it would take to accomplish without disruption. Nothing crucial > depended on a rename, so we shined it on. The name is embodied in two > places: > > -- The IODF names all processors. > -- The HMC/SE names each processor in several places from POR (Reset) > profile onward. > > IODF and HMC must agree. For a new box, this is not so hard. The trick is > make a change without hosing up the environment. Also consider other > implications: > > -- BCPii must also be updated. I consider that part of the HMC/SE tasks > above, but don't overlook it. > -- POR will be required. > -- SMF records contain the CPC name. Any post processing must take a > change into account. > -- It's not uncommon for various automation processes to refer to CPC by > name. Again, allow for this. > -- Many folks in the IT community may be attached to the old name in > various ways. Any change must 'socialized' thoroughly. > > I suggest you pick a name that you won't regret later. Consider the effects of > future model upgrades, workload repurposing, and physical relocation. > However, if an upgrade involves a transition period where both old and new > boxes must coexist, you need two separate names at least for a while. I can > see the appeal of serial number to avoid these conundrums, buy as you note > the number is meaningless to all but a handful of infrastructure geeks. > > . > . > . > J.O.Skip Robinson > Southern California Edison Company > Electric Dragon Team Paddler > SHARE MVS Program Co-Manager > 323-715-0595 Mobile > [email protected] > [email protected] > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM- > [email protected]] > > On Behalf Of Elardus Engelbrecht > > Sent: Thursday, January 7, 2016 04:56 AM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: [Bulk] Re: Change CPC name in HMC > > > > Tony Thigpen wrote: > > > > >I have done such a change on two z10s with good results. The third time > did > > not go so well. For some reason, the secondary cpc did not change. > Everything > > looked ok until we did a POR, then it would not come up. We had to restore > the > > CPC. > > > > Ouch. Where is that behaviour documented? > > > > Do you get a warning during the renaming that an upcoming POR may fail? > > > > >I don't know what went wrong, but after that, we no longer change the > > names. > > > > Now you got a new scar and a T-shirt as a bonus ... :) > > > > I would also not repeat that stunt after one failure. > > > > Groete / Greetings > > Elardus Engelbrecht ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
