I guess you have SYSTEM_CONSOLE in the SYSTEM CONFIG's list of operator consoles. Such a console is always available on the modern mainframes. The HMC has an icon "operating system messages" to access it.
Kris, IBM Belgium, VM customer support ² > Dear List, > > > > My z/VM 5.1.0 system was able to IPL without any console available. > This was all done via the SYSTEM CONFIG file FEATURES statements. > Our processor (z/990) can and most likely is re-IML?ed several times > a week to accommodate various configurations for testing. Now with > z/VM 5.2.0 VM refuses to IPL without some kind of console available. > I?m using the FEATURES AUTO_IPL WARM statement in my SSYSTEM CONFIG file. > > > > Has this option been changed from 5.1 versus 5.2? Is any one else > IPL?ing 5.2 without any consoles available? > > > > TIA
