Hi Alan, now that really helped. I wasn't aware that loading the SMSG kernel modules also set SMSG IUCV, but now things just work nicely.
Thanks a lot Berthold On Mon, 30 Mar 2020 09:41:36 -0500 Alan Altmark <alan_altm...@us.ibm.com> wrote: > On Monday, 03/30/2020 at 12:32 GMT, Berthold Gunreben > <azo...@gunreben.tk> wrote: > > I have used smsgiucv before, but that is not for communication to > > *MSG. This is more about messages between two linux guests. > > smsgiucv uses *MSG plus CP SET SMSG IUCV so that incoming SMSGs are > sent to *MSG. > > > However, what I need here would be to connect to *MSG in order to > > make commands available like e.g.: > > > > vmcp send linux001 detach 100 > > > > or in other words, to send commands to machines that run CMS. > > It doesn't matter if the target runs CMS or Linux. The output that > comes to your virtual machine when the target writes to its console > will be via class 8 (SCIF) messages. If you use the CP FOR command > instead (for CP commands), then the output is from YOUR virtual > machine and will appear as class 3 (you must CP SET CPCONIO IUCV). > > Every line in the output will be a separate IUCV message. Your > application must decide how long to wait before deciding that it has > reach end of command, then sever the connection to *MSG, and reset > the CPCONIO state, if needed. > > Alan Altmark > > Senior Managing z/VM and Linux Consultant > IBM Systems Lab Services > IBM Z Delivery Practice > ibm.com/systems/services/labservices > office: 607.429.3323 > mobile; 607.321.7556 > alan_altm...@us.ibm.com > IBM Endicott > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@vm.marist.edu with the message: INFO LINUX-390 > or visit http://www2.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@vm.marist.edu with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www2.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
