Re: HMCS consoles

2016-10-18 Thread Barbara Nitz
>The real question is whether dynamic _deletion_ and subsequent >_replacement_ of a wrongly-defined IPL-time HMCS specification will >work. On the surface it seems like it ought to work, but I think there's >a reasonable chance it won't... Well, it does. :-) The only surprise was that I had to

Re: HMCS consoles

2016-10-17 Thread John Wallin
A good source of information on HMCS is located in redbook "z/OS V2R1 Technical Update", SG24-8140. Look on Chapter 14 "Consoles and Auto-Reply", Section 14.2 "z/OS support for integrated 3270 console". -- For IBM-MAIN

Re: HMCS consoles

2016-10-17 Thread Ed Jaffe
On 10/17/2016 10:05 AM, Jesse 1 Robinson wrote: As of z/OS 2.1, consoles can be added or removed dynamically. It certainly applies to MCS/EMCS consoles, but I don't know about HMCS consoles. This dynamic process builds control blocks necessary to support a console being added. For HMCS, you

Re: HMCS consoles

2016-10-17 Thread Jesse 1 Robinson
As of z/OS 2.1, consoles can be added or removed dynamically. It certainly applies to MCS/EMCS consoles, but I don't know about HMCS consoles. This dynamic process builds control blocks necessary to support a console being added. For HMCS, you may need an IPL on each system. . . J.O.Skip

Re: EXTERNAL: Re: HMCS consoles

2016-10-17 Thread Jerry Whitteridge
rame Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Tom Conley Sent: Saturday, October 15, 2016 7:37 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: EXTERNAL: Re: HMCS consoles On 10/15/2016 10:22 AM, Barbara Nitz wrote: > Hi Tom, > >> I found this forum post, which says you c

Re: HMCS consoles

2016-10-16 Thread Barbara Nitz
>If you need help setting them up, send me an offline email and I can direct >you through it. It will take you all of about 10 minutes to do the OSA >changes and another 5 to generate the NIP OS consoles in your IODF. Thanks Brian, we do have those consoles set up (someone else did it), and

Re: HMCS consoles

2016-10-16 Thread R.S.
W dniu 2016-10-16 o 11:00, Brian Westerman pisze: When you ordered your z13, did it not come with at least one OSA-ICC adapter? If it did, then you have (up to) 120 consoles that you can use at IPL for the LPARs in your sysplex. If you need help setting them up, send me an offline email and

Re: HMCS consoles

2016-10-16 Thread Jesse 1 Robinson
-Manager 323-715-0595 Mobile 626-302-7535 Office robin...@sce.com -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Brian Westerman Sent: Sunday, October 16, 2016 2:01 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: (External):Re: HMCS consoles

Re: HMCS consoles

2016-10-16 Thread Brian Westerman
When you ordered your z13, did it not come with at least one OSA-ICC adapter? If it did, then you have (up to) 120 consoles that you can use at IPL for the LPARs in your sysplex. If you need help setting them up, send me an offline email and I can direct you through it. It will take you

Re: HMCS consoles

2016-10-15 Thread Barbara Nitz
>> CONSOLE DEVNUM(HMCS) NAME(HMCS) AUTH(MASTER) ROUTCODE(ALL) >> INTIDS(Y) LEVEL(ALL) UNKNIDS(Y) > >I've noticed SHARE and IBM Tech-U presentations full of the same silly >example that can't possibly work. They recommend exactly what you have: >CONSOLE DEVNUM(HMCS) NAME(HMCS) etc. which

Re: HMCS consoles

2016-10-15 Thread Ed Jaffe
On 10/15/2016 8:13 AM, Tom Conley wrote: More silly examples from IBM I thought was SMF id, but I just found out that apparently there's not a system symbol for SMF id?? Haha! That's funny. Even their "corrected" example isn't right! SMH> Our z/OS sysnames are five characters long

Re: HMCS consoles

2016-10-15 Thread Tom Conley
On 10/15/2016 10:56 AM, Ed Jaffe wrote: On 10/15/2016 7:36 AM, Tom Conley wrote: For example, you could define the HMCS similar to: CONSOLE DEVNUM(HMCS) NAME() I think if you add the SYSNAME to the HMCS name, you should be OK. Except that SYSNAME is a 1-8 character name. Better to

Re: HMCS consoles

2016-10-15 Thread Ed Jaffe
On 10/15/2016 7:36 AM, Tom Conley wrote: For example, you could define the HMCS similar to: CONSOLE DEVNUM(HMCS) NAME() I think if you add the SYSNAME to the HMCS name, you should be OK. Except that SYSNAME is a 1-8 character name. Better to use as a general rule. -- Edward E

Re: HMCS consoles

2016-10-15 Thread Ed Jaffe
On 10/15/2016 7:22 AM, Barbara Nitz wrote: I have this in my (shared) CONSOLxx: CONSOLE DEVNUM(HMCS) NAME(HMCS) AUTH(MASTER) ROUTCODE(ALL) INTIDS(Y) LEVEL(ALL) UNKNIDS(Y) I've noticed SHARE and IBM Tech-U presentations full of the same silly example that can't possibly work. They

Re: HMCS consoles

2016-10-15 Thread Tom Conley
On 10/15/2016 10:22 AM, Barbara Nitz wrote: Hi Tom, I found this forum post, which says you can have one HMCS console per z/OS image (WTW). I have this in my (shared) CONSOLxx: CONSOLE DEVNUM(HMCS) NAME(HMCS) AUTH(MASTER) ROUTCODE(ALL) INTIDS(Y) LEVEL(ALL) UNKNIDS(Y) I had assumed

Re: HMCS consoles

2016-10-15 Thread Barbara Nitz
Hi Tom, >I found this forum post, which says you can have one HMCS console per >z/OS image (WTW). I have this in my (shared) CONSOLxx: CONSOLE DEVNUM(HMCS) NAME(HMCS) AUTH(MASTER) ROUTCODE(ALL) INTIDS(Y) LEVEL(ALL) UNKNIDS(Y) I had assumed that this definition would

Re: HMCS consoles

2016-10-15 Thread Tom Conley
On 10/15/2016 7:56 AM, Barbara Nitz wrote: When we started working with our z13, IBM recommended to use the integrated console(s) that are defined as HMCS to z/OS. So we put in the definition and managed to IPL the first system in each sysplex with the HMCS console instead of Operating System

Re: HMCS consoles

2016-10-15 Thread Tom Conley
On 10/15/2016 7:56 AM, Barbara Nitz wrote: When we started working with our z13, IBM recommended to use the integrated console(s) that are defined as HMCS to z/OS. So we put in the definition and managed to IPL the first system in each sysplex with the HMCS console instead of Operating System

HMCS consoles

2016-10-15 Thread Barbara Nitz
When we started working with our z13, IBM recommended to use the integrated console(s) that are defined as HMCS to z/OS. So we put in the definition and managed to IPL the first system in each sysplex with the HMCS console instead of Operating System Messages console, which is hard to handle.