Mike,
Your suggestion won't work. You included the reason in the text that
you quoted from the manual:
The PROMPT parameter is only valid for the SAPL screen. This
parameter
is not acknowledged during CP bounce processing (SHUTDOWN REIPL or
restarting after an abend).
SHUTDOWN REIPL IPLPARMS PROMPT followed by QUERY IPLPARMS after the IPL
will show you that the PROMPT parameter gets set. It just doesn't get
used.
Dennis O'Brien
39,516
-----Original Message-----
From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[email protected]] On
Behalf Of Mike Walter
Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2009 15:50
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [IBMVM] SHUTDOWN REIPL
If I understand the requirement, you're asking for AUTO_IPL_WARM to be
the
default (no operator intervention at IPL time - it just comes up with
them
pressing CLEAR every so often, and even that cam be bypassed if the
statement "COMMAND TERMINAL MORE 0 0 HOLD OFF" is in the directory entry
for OPERATOR). [P.S. 'TERMINAL MORE 0 0 HOLD OFF' prevents Operators
from seeing any error messages - as if they'd pay any attention anyway.
But you've been warned].
But on some occasions, you want the AUTO_IPL_WARM skipped?
If so, when they enter; SHUTDOWN REIPL,
have them enter instead: SHUTDOWN REIPL Iplparms PROMPT
"PROMPT" is documented as:
---<snip>---
PROMPT
specifies that you wish to have CP prompt you about start-up options
at IPL time. If you specify this option, CP ignores the AUTO_WARM_IPL
and
AUTO_IPL operands on the FEATURES statement in the system configuration
file.
The PROMPT parameter is only valid for the SAPL screen. This
parameter
is not acknowledged during CP bounce processing (SHUTDOWN REIPL or
restarting after an abend).
---<snip>---
Most of the time VM is much like Alice's Restaurant... "You Can Do
Anything You Want at Alice's Restaurant"!
Sometimes one just needs to find the proper incantation. ;-)
Mike Walter
Hewitt Associates
Any opinions expressed herein are mine alone and do not necessarily
represent the opinions or policies of Hewitt Associates.
"Schuh, Richard" <[email protected]>
Sent by: "The IBM z/VM Operating System" <[email protected]>
03/19/2009 05:15 PM
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SHUTDOWN REIPL
Is there any way short of updating SYSTEM CONFIG and reordering the page
volumes to coax SHUTDOWN REIPL to not automatically perform a warm
start.
Having to involve operators who are 3000 miles away, and normally very
busy, in the process is sometimes difficult (paperwork) and time
consuming. Having the capability of entering NOAUTO would sometimes be
very convenient.
Regards,
Richard Schuh
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