The name of the config syntax checker is: CPSYNTAX EXEC and on my 5.1 system, it's found on MAINT's 193 mdisk. Using it after every change is a very good idea, imho....;-)
DJ Rich Greenberg wrote: > On: Wed, Dec 21, 2005 at 10:42:19AM -0600,Bob Frankovich Wrote: > > } We use one of the MP3000 Emulator Sessions for the Z/VM 4.4 console. This > } morning, during a scheduled IPL, the operator entered SHUTDOWN REIPL on > } this console. VM shutdown but no other messages appeared on the console > } which was my 4 AM wakeup call. After several attempts over the phone, I > } came to work where I treid several other things : Closed the sessions & > } restarted them; entered a LOADPARM of E20 (the console address); did a > } POWER ON RESET; even rebooted OS/2. All to no avail. I then entered a > } LOADPARM of 01D (an address I had defined to OS/2 TCP/IP as an non-SNA > } device to be used for a console). VM started coming up. During the start > } up I noticed a message about an invalid comment in the SYSTEM CONFIG at > } line xxx. Once VM was up I checked the SYSTEM CONFIG and sure enough, > } there was a "/*" on that line without a "*/". I corrected this and IPL'ed > } again from 01D - no error. I then IPL'ed without any LOADPARM and VM came > } up on Address E20. Has anyone else had a similar problem or was the > } errant "/*" really the problem ? I'm really at a loss to explain this so > } any help will be appreciated. > > Thats exactly why the config syntax checker (which I forget the name of > at the moment) should be run whenever you change SYSTEM CONFIG. Even > for "trivial" changes. >
