More than once, it has been the "console of last resort". The last was several years ago, I don't recall using it for the z9.
> -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of W. Kevin Kelley > Sent: Monday, March 28, 2011 9:02 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: HMC System Console usage (one more time) > > I'm being asked one more time by TPTB to determine how the HMC System > Console is actually being used by z/OS customers: > > 1) How many of you have used to it in an emergency as the "console of > last > resort"? > > 2) How many of you have used it to recover OSA attached consoles? > > 3) How many of you have no locally-attached consoles and use the System > Console to IPL and get you through NIP before transitioning to SMCS > consoles > (or some other console support requiring Comm Server to be up)? > > W. Kevin Kelley -- IBM POK Lab -- z/OS Core Technical Development > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
