by any chance did SYSTEM CONFIG have changes to AUTO_WARM_IPL and other such parms? Is loadparm being specified on the new hmc? David
-----Original Message----- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System on behalf of Rich Smrcina Sent: Thu 5/24/2007 8:14 AM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: [IBMVM] IPL without OPERATOR on console There had to be a configuration change between the old machine and the z9. VM won't behave that differently just because of different hardware. Berry van Sleeuwen wrote: > Hello List, > > Last week we have seen an IPL that did not go the way I'd expected. It > > went OK, so VM is running, but it doesn't feel right. > > In the past our IPL procedures were: > - Connect a terminal session to a console (let's say device 820) > - load the LPAR on HMC with loadparm 820. > - On the console the SA-IPL appears. > - Change parameters if required and press PF10. > - On the console user OPERATOR is logged on and some information on IPL i > s > displayed on the console. > - User OPERATOR runs PROP and disconnects. > > Our new VM runs on a z9 machine. (actually 6 VM's on two machines) The IP > L > now looks like this: > - Connect terminal > - load LPAR > - console turns to the VM logon screen. > > No SA-IPL, so also no way to specify a PROMPT or a different PARM disk. N > o > user OPERATOR to ask for start parameters (WARM, NOAUTOLOG) or to display > > the IPL steps, such as SPOOL init, and things like that. When closing the > > console log for operator I can see the lines I would expect to see on the > > console so it did all those things but it didn't show us that. > > It only happens on a z9 machine. Our VM's on z890 and z990 machines do > > show the SA-IPL during IPL. All VM's are z/VM 5.2 and use basically the > > same system config. So it looks like it has something to do with the > machine or its configuration. > > Has anyone ever seen this? Any ideas as to what the cause would be? > > TIA, > Berry van Sleeuwen. > -- Rich Smrcina VM Assist, Inc. Phone: 414-491-6001 Ans Service: 360-715-2467 rich.smrcina at vmassist.com Catch the WAVV! http://www.wavv.org WAVV 2008 - Chattanooga - April 18-22, 2008
