Hi folks, How do you set up multiple consoles in z/VM?
I've got PROP implemented and use the Performance Toolkit to manage the console display of the Logical Operator. This works well... I just want more of them! In trolling the IBMVM archives, I've seen several references to setting up multiple consoles, but none of them appear to be accurate. For example, there is one reference that says that you can specify a nickname in the LGLOPR statement in PROP RTABLE and point this at multiple userids. However, the CMS Planning and Admin manual says... Note: If a nickname is used to identify the logical operator, the nickname entry must specify a single user ID. The nickname entry must also include node information when the logical operator is located on a different machine. Since PROP allows only 1 LGLOPR, the nickname entry cannot be another nickname or a list of nicknames or user IDs. Likewise, the first match in PROP RTABLE is used, so there is no chance of sending the same message to multiple userids. With the Performance Toolkit, the last match in FCONX $PROFILE is used when processing messages, so again, there is no possibility of multiple entries for the same message. I've tried setting up the FCONX $PROFILE file to send all messages to an EXEC, which uses 'CP M OP CMD WNG' 2ndoper msg to then send the message to a secondary userid. This does not work, however. When the exec runs, it displays "Command complete" on the Logical Operator console, which in turn gets sent to the secondary operator in a never-ending loop. I know I can use M OP GET LOG and then view the results in my RDRList to see the current log, but that is hardly interactive. I also know there are products that do this, but the budget doesn't stretch that far. I'm no z/VM guru, so please keep it simple and provide some examples or manual references. TIA. Regards, Fred Schmidt Data Centre Services (DCS) Northern Territory Government, Australia
