The system manages the Primary and backup connections and if either one is lost a message ends up on the Operators Console.
I use the QUERY VSWITCH command to check the current Status like this q vswitch VSWITCH SYSTEM VMPNET Type: VSWITCH Connected: 1 Maxconn: INFINITE PERSISTENT RESTRICTED NONROUTER Accounting: OFF VLAN Unaware MAC address: 02-00-00-00-00-01 State: Ready IPTimeout: 5 QueueStorage: 8 RDEV: 0C40 VDEV: 0C40 Controller: DTCVSW1 RDEV: 0C50 VDEV: 0C50 Controller: DTCVSW2 BACKUP Larry Davis -----Original Message----- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Marcy Cortes Sent: Monday, October 13, 2008 4:48 PM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Monitoring the backup OSA on the vswitch How are folks monitoring their backup osa's on the vswitch? How do you know they haven't lost connectivity and won't be there when you need it? (asking because, well, yeah, that can happen :) Marcy "This message may contain confidential and/or privileged information. If you are not the addressee or authorized to receive this for the addressee, you must not use, copy, disclose, or take any action based on this message or any information herein. If you have received this message in error, please advise the sender immediately by reply e-mail and delete this message. Thank you for your cooperation."
