Re: Trapping the LPAR Deactivate signal on z/OS?

2011-07-08 Thread Richard L Peurifoy
On 7/7/2011 12:48 PM, Alan Altmark wrote: On Wed, 6 Jul 2011 08:39:51 -0400, Gary DiPillogdipi...@axiosproducts.com wrote: The challenge is that the code David refers to uses unpublished details of the SERVICE CALL instruction and the SERVICE SIGNAL external interrupt, so it seems

Re: Trapping the LPAR Deactivate signal on z/OS?

2011-07-08 Thread Mike Schwab
Something like 'IOSE HMC REQUESTED SHUTDOWN IN PROGRESS' on the system console for automation to react to? On Fri, Jul 8, 2011 at 10:40 AM, Richard L Peurifoy r-peuri...@neo.tamu.edu wrote: On 7/7/2011 12:48 PM, Alan Altmark wrote: On Wed, 6 Jul 2011 08:39:51 -0400, Gary

Re: Trapping the LPAR Deactivate signal on z/OS?

2011-07-07 Thread Alan Altmark
On Wed, 6 Jul 2011 08:39:51 -0400, Gary DiPillo gdipi...@axiosproducts.com wrote: If you try to initiate BCPii in a z/VM guest you get the following message (z/OS V1R10): HWI010I BCPII DOES NOT OPERATE ON A VM GUEST. BCPII INITIALIZATION IS HALTED. BCPii uses machine interfaces that are not

Re: Trapping the LPAR Deactivate signal on z/OS?

2011-07-07 Thread Robert A. Rosenberg
At 12:47 -0500 on 07/07/2011, Alan Altmark wrote about Re: Trapping the LPAR Deactivate signal on z/OS?: When registered for the deactivation signal, there is a delay between the time the deactivation is requested and when it occurs. In an LPAR on a z10, the delay is 5 minutes. If the OS

Re: Trapping the LPAR Deactivate signal on z/OS?

2011-07-06 Thread Staller, Allan
Yes it does need an SE. Not sure about the z/VM guest angle. snip Not having played with the BCPii, my understanding is that it can't be invoked by a (z/VM) guest, and needs a SE to talk to. /snip -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe /

Re: Trapping the LPAR Deactivate signal on z/OS?

2011-07-06 Thread Gary DiPillo
Re: z/VM If you try to initiate BCPii in a z/VM guest you get the following message (z/OS V1R10): HWI010I BCPII DOES NOT OPERATE ON A VM GUEST. BCPII INITIALIZATION IS HALTED. Yes it does need an SE. Not sure about the z/VM guest

Re: Trapping the LPAR Deactivate signal on z/OS?

2011-07-05 Thread Staller, Allan
From the z/OS 1.11 annnouncement (209-242. Dated Aug 18, 2009). The sysplex failure management (SFM) component of XCF used in a Parallel Sysplex to manage failures and reconfiguration has been enhanced in z/OS V1.11. It is now designed to use new Base Control Program internal interface (BCPii)

Re: Trapping the LPAR Deactivate signal on z/OS?

2011-07-05 Thread Shane
Not having played with the BCPii, my understanding is that it can't be invoked by a (z/VM) guest, and needs a SE to talk to. Dave, does the zPDT base code emulate a SE at all, let alone this functionality ? (I don't have one to play on). A question probably better directed at Bill over on the

Trapping the LPAR Deactivate signal on z/OS?

2011-07-04 Thread David Boyes
I've been discussing the idea of whether it would be possible/useful to write something to trap the hardware LPAR deactivation signal and use that to trigger an controlled emergency shutdown of z/OS. On VM and VSE, there is a trap present in the base OS that grabs that signal and starts a

Re: Trapping the LPAR Deactivate signal on z/OS?

2011-07-04 Thread Binyamin Dissen
On Mon, 4 Jul 2011 07:09:31 -0500 David Boyes dbo...@sinenomine.net wrote: :I've been discussing the idea of whether it would be possible/useful to write something to trap the hardware LPAR deactivation signal and use that to trigger an controlled emergency shutdown of z/OS. On VM and VSE,