My RxServer package on the VM dowload library -with which you can make a "better" VMUTIL, contains an HTML document that describes this problem. The REXX code of that improved VMUTIL will automatically insert some sleep command in the wakeup file if it is missing.
2008/10/9 Wandschneider, Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > The following is in my VMUTIL EXEC. I am not sure if it came this way > or someone before me added it: > > DO_SOMETHING: > ARG INLINE > IF TIME() >= '23:57:30' THEN DO /* MUST WAIT PAST MIDNIGHT */ > ADDRESS COMMAND 'CP SLEEP 3 MIN' > /* ADDRESS COMMAND 'CP SPOOL CONSOLE CLOSE' */ > END > > AND a few lines later . . . > > SMSG_ARRIVED: > > ARG INLINE > > IF TIME() >= '23:57:30' THEN DO /* MUST WAIT PAST MIDNIGHT */ > > ADDRESS COMMAND 'CP SLEEP 3 MIN' > > /* ADDRESS COMMAND 'CP SPOOL CONSOLE CLOSE' */ > > END > > > Thank you, > Scott R Wandschneider > Senior Systems Programmer > Infocrossing > Office 402.963.8905 > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf > > Of Jim Bohnsack > > Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2008 9:56 AM > > To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU > > Subject: Re: VMUTIL loop > > > > Scott--I put into my * TIMES file the following statement to handle > this > > problem: > > > > ==/==/== 23:59:00 10/09/08 CP SLEEP 2 MIN > > > > Note that the date is set by WAKEUP at the time the event occurs. > Just > > be sure that when you put this into your TIMES file it's a date that > has > > already occurred. > > > > Jim > > > > Scott Rohling wrote: > > > ------=_Part_99668_10155136.1223560304947 > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > > Content-Disposition: inline > > > > > > I've noticed that our console logs for VMUTIL are huge... it seems > that > > > just before midnight - it starts spewing this message: > > > > > > DMSCYW2246I* > > > DMSCYW2246I* > > > DMSCYW2246I* > > > DMSCYW2246I* > > > DMSCYW2246I* > > > DMSCYW2246I* > > > DMSCYW2246I* > > > DMSCYW2246I* > > > DMSCYW2246I* > > > DMSCYW2246I* > > > > > > For thousands of lines -- and then at midnight all is well.. There > is a > > > MIDNIGHT function in VMUTIL SCHEDULE that I commented out, just in > case this > > > was causing the issue - but that didn't help. > > > > > > Anybody else use VMUTIL and see this? > > > > > > Thanks - > > > > > > Scott Rohling > > > > > > ------=_Part_99668_10155136.1223560304947 > > > Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > > Content-Disposition: inline > > > > > > <div dir="ltr">I've noticed that our console logs for VMUTIL are > > huge... it seems that just before midnight - it starts spewing > this > > message:<br><br>DMSCYW2246I* <br>DMSCYW2246I* <br>DMSCYW2246I* > > <br>DMSCYW2246I* <br> > > > DMSCYW2246I* <br>DMSCYW2246I* <br>DMSCYW2246I* <br>DMSCYW2246I* > > <br>DMSCYW2246I* <br>DMSCYW2246I* <br><br>For thousands of lines -- > and then > > at midnight all is well.. There is a MIDNIGHT function in > VMUTIL > > SCHEDULE that I commented out, just in case this was causing the issue > - but > > that didn't help.<br> > > > <br>Anybody else use VMUTIL and see this?<br><br>Thanks - > <br><br>Scott > > Rohling<br><br></div> > > > > > > ------=_Part_99668_10155136.1223560304947-- > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Jim Bohnsack > > Cornell University > > (972) 596-6377 home/office > > (972) 342-5823 cell > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- Kris Buelens, IBM Belgium, VM customer support
