DIRMAINT also uses a SHUTDOWN .. DIRM SHUTDOWN or just SHUTDOWN if logged in to the DIRMAINT USER.
SHUTDOWN SYSTEM system in z/VM 5.4 will help a lot with the 'oh no...' moments for new sysprogs, though.. Scott On Fri, Feb 5, 2010 at 8:46 AM, James A. Bohnsack <[email protected]>wrote: > I've accidentally shutdown the main production system "once", as has every > systems programmer with whom I worked or who worked for me has done. Only > once tho. There are or were couple of gotcha's introduced by IBM. One is > the fact that the official way to stop RSCS is with the SHUTDOWN command. > This note of caution is now in the RSCS SHUTDOWN HELP: > > Use care when entering the SHUTDOWN command. If you accidentally enter it > without the appropriate RSCS prefix, it is treated as a CP command and > passed to CP for processing. If you have the proper CP privilege class, > this command would stop your z/VM operating system. > > One other place or thing where SHUTDOWN is or was used is the old,old > PC3270 or maybe that was the 3270PC. It was a late 80's PC/XT that came out > of Kingston, I think, rather than Boca. To park the hard disk so the > cleaning people wouldn't bump the stand it was on, you issued a SHUTDOWN > command. One of the sysprogs I workied with SHUTDOWN VM rather than her PC. > The next day there was a SHUTDOWN EXEC on the y-disk that asked you if you > "really wanted to do that". > > Jim > > ________________________________________ > From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Rich Greenberg [[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, February 04, 2010 4:59 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Hi everybody > > On: Thu, Feb 04, 2010 at 10:44:34AM -0800,Schuh, Richard Wrote: > > } It isn't a matter of trust, it is a matter of minimizing the risk of an > accidental SHUTDOWN. Here MAINT does not have class A; however it does have > class C. That allows it to use the SET PRIV * +A in order to issue class A > commands such as Q CPDISKS, CPRELEASE and CPACCESS. By requiring that extra > step of the SET PRIV, it heightens the awareness of the person to the fact > that they now have extraordinary capabilities and responsibilities. > > Rich has hit the nail directly on the head here. Accidents and > mistreaks happen, this just puts another door in front of them. > > -- > Rich Greenberg N Ft Myers, FL, USA richgr atsign panix.com + 1 239 543 > 1353 > Eastern time. N6LRT I speak for myself & my dogs only. VM'er since > CP-67 > Canines:Val, Red, Shasta & Casey (RIP), Red & Zero, Siberians > Owner:Chinook-L > Retired at the beach Asst > Owner:Sibernet-L >
