I would not want to run with such an MPF exit or AUTORxx member active
in production. You can have it there for emergencies and activate it
with a SET command. This keeps the pain level of failsoft mode a lot
more tolerable. We used to have a couple of such exits waiting in the
wings for recovery to automate operator approvals during system
recovery, though at this point I can't recall specifically for what
other messages they automated the responses.
I absolutely agree with those who express a preference for a one-pack
recovery system, by the way. But I'm a belt-and-suspenders kind of guy
and would still want one more last-ditch recovery option.
Skip Robinson wrote:
This problem occurs so seldom that I never thought of automating a response. As
of R12 or so, we now have AUTORxx, which can reply to WTORs very early in the
IPL. Not sure who here would have to approve such a change. The chances of
mischief being perpetrated are minimal, but it does open a very small window
for a clever miscreant.
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J.O.Skip Robinson
Southern California Edison Company
Electric Dragon Team Paddler
SHARE MVS Program Co-Manager
323-715-0595 Mobile
jo.skip.robin...@att.net
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On 2/13/2016 8:04 PM, Skip Robinson wrote:
This opinion is based on (thankfully) limited experience. If you are
forced to IPL without a usable RACF data base, you are totally
scr*wed. During IPL, operator will be prompted to allow even READ
access to *every* data set opened by *every* task except for a tiny
handful like JES that bypass integrity. By the time you get to the
point of actually logging on to TSO, operator's fingers will be
bleeding profusely. If at any time during this process, you are
god-forbid required to start over, yet more finger tips will have to sacrificed.
We solved this with an MPF exit that would always reply 'Y' to each of those
prompts (except for the first few IIRC).
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