the operators usually use the supplied operator ID in the VM directory it can be restricted as you prefer with letter class on the ID they can also use OP1
USER OPERATOR xxxxxx 32M 32M ABCDEFG "Bauer, Bobby (NIH/CIT) [E]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] To .gov> IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Sent by: The IBM cc z/VM Operating System Subject <[EMAIL PROTECTED] VM operator console? ARK.EDU> 10/07/2008 10:20 AM Please respond to The IBM z/VM Operating System <[EMAIL PROTECTED] ARK.EDU> We are an MVS shop setting up a Linux under VM pilot and need to have some procedures in place for operations. We are trying to figure out how/where we want the operators to have console access. Right now only the sys. progs. have any access to VM and we use a telnet session from our desks to a VM user id or use the HMC. Is there a master console we can setup for operations like MVS? Should we setup a userid for the operators? Make them use the HMC? Is there another alternative I've not mentioned and don't know about? Thanks Bobby Bauer Center for Information Technology National Institutes of Health Bethesda, MD 20892-5628 301-594-7474