Since Bob mentioned CA VM:Spool, I should also point out IBM's solution f or viewing live consoles: IBM Operations Manager for z/VM.
Operations Manager allows you to view and interact with the console of a disconnected service machine (including a Linux guest, of course) from yo ur own VM id. Using a full screen interface, you can view the live console i n autoscroll mode or scroll back and look at the history. Using the comman d line, you can issue commands back to that service machine as if you were logged onto the userid. For more info, you can contact me or go to: http://www.ibm.com/software/sysmgmt/zvm/operations/index.html Tracy Dean, IBM
