In one of our environments, for a long time (years), the HMC system console was our only console for most of the systems. We eventually implemented IIC because the HMC console was a pain to use and at the time not available to the sysprog folks. The specific environment consists of multi-image sysplexes running a single app (DB2 for mySAP), so the actual console interaction is minimal.
Today this environment (and the other 'legacy' environment) uses redundant ICC. Some of our operators still seem to use the HMC console though. Probably because it's right there for them when they IPL (HMC is a short walk from their desk). Never used SMCS. Answers to your specific questions: 1 - We have 2 - Not that I can recall 3 - Used to apply to us, not any more. Bart -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of W. Kevin Kelley Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2011 12:02 AM 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
