On Thursday, 02/23/2006 at 03:36 CET, Dieltiens Geert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Wouldn't it be great if System_identifier didn't have to be based on the > CPU-id and LPAR-number. Why not provide a way to specify a > System_identifier_default in the LPAR-definitions on the HMC, or via > SAPL? Then, if you don't override it in the SYSTEM CONFIG, that will be > the System_Identifier that VM will use. > > That way you could set the System_identifier value even before VM starts > up. And then, if RSCS, TCP, etc, would all use the System_identifier > instead of SYSTEM NETID, then you wouldn't need to worry about CPU-ids > anymore when you move to another CPU for whatever reason (DRP, new > hardware, another LPAR,...).
Override via SAPL. Verrrrrry interesting..... I had thought about using the HMC-defined LPAR name as the index into the SYSTEM_IDENTIFER table, along with a default SYSTEM_IDENTIFER that was the same as the LPAR name. (Y'all know you can QUERY LPAR now, right?) Alan Altmark z/VM Development IBM Endicott
