Personally, I'd view this as a management issue, not a technical issue. The root problem in my opinion was the need for an operator to issue the command in the first place. When you require human intervention, errors are to be expected and therefore tolerated.
There are a number of such commands where a single keystroke error can and will bring you down. For example, try the command "$P PRINTER1", but hit enter rather than the space bar. (That is recoverable, but it is unlikely anyone will discover that until after the IPL.) So, yes, reassign the operators (all of them) and don't replace them. My $0.02 (before taxes) -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jan MOEYERSONS Sent: Monday, October 22, 2007 7:05 AM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: VARY too many devices offline > >Not being to tongue in cheek here.. but we used to fire the operator. > >Ed > And what good does that do to the integrity of your systems??? Does that prevent anyone else from making a mistake? Did you never make a typo in any of the commands you ever entered? (If you never did, then that means you never entered any...) Jantje. NOTICE: This electronic mail message and any files transmitted with it are intended exclusively for the individual or entity to which it is addressed. The message, together with any attachment, may contain confidential and/or privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, printing, saving, copying, disclosure or distribution is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please immediately advise the sender by reply email and delete all copies. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
