>Would a reIPL function/system command be a useful thing for z/OS? Perhaps: >V XCF,SYSNAME,sysname,OFF,REIPL
>What I've always disliked about V XFC,sysname,OFFLINE is that a System >cannot take itself out of the Sysplex. >Last time I tried it could. Although, I didn't think it was good form >if you have other systems up in the plex from which the XCF command >could be issued. While I like the option (saves me from going to the HMC to click the icons) I am not sure if it is a good idea, especially reading the discussion about the scope of the VARY XCF command and that some people are reluctant to issue it from the system they are currently shutting down. Back when I was doing level2 support, I had a *very* hard time getting sysplex installations to issue the V XCF command *at all*! I kept asking them to use it and kept hearing that 'MVS recovery is good enough so we don't need it', up until some timing related bug caused the reIPL to fail. At that point I said 'I told you so'. :-) While I am enforcing (or attempting to enforce) the V XCF command even on our monoplexes, is issuing the command now standard practise, or are there still installations out there that don't do it? As for the reIPL option, we are follwing the IBM recommendation to 'lock the icon' to prevent disruptive changes. How would that figure into the command and reIPL? On the positive side, for a standard reIPL (to clean up ESQA/ECSA leakages) one operator unlocked the wrong icon and took down a productive system at full flight. That would not have happened with a reIPL option of V XCF. Regards, Barbara Nitz -- GMX DSL = Maximale Leistung zum minimalen Preis! 2000 MB nur 2,99, Flatrate ab 4,99 Euro/Monat: http://www.gmx.net/de/go/dsl ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
