David,

What issuing a z/Pdt cmd  OPRMSG 'cmd ...'.  

Scott ford
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On Jul 22, 2012, at 4:17 PM, David Boyes <dbo...@sinenomine.net> wrote:

> How can I go about submitting a requirement for z/OS to acknowledge and 
> handle the same external interrupt as VM, VSE and Linux use to trigger a 
> controlled shutdown (or at least acknowledge it by printing a message we can 
> capture via console automation and trigger the shutdown ourselves)?  
> 
> For those of you who haven't seen it, VM, VSE and Linux register for a 
> specific fully-architected hardware external interrupt (in the PoPs) that 
> indicates that the LPAR is being shut down. VSE issues a message, VM reflects 
> the interrupt to all virtual machines which are registered to receive it, and 
> Linux (if configured to register for it) triggers a user-specified command 
> (usually 'shutdown -h now'). I'd like to have z/OS register for that 
> interrupt, and at least print a unique message if/when that specific 
> interrupt arrives.
> 
> Any suggestions on how to get this done without taking decades? It doesn't 
> seem like a lot to ask for, and it's a fully-defined legitimate hardware 
> interrupt that z/OS ought to be able to handle if it got one. 
> 
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