There are some IBM products that do what gags you. RMSMASTR is one:
"16:32:17 * MSG FROM RMSMASTR: DFSMS IS STARTING
Virtual Machine not in XA or XC mode
DFSMS initialization failed"
I don't know if there are others, but I would not be willing to bet against the
possibility.
Regards,
Richard Schuh
> -----Original Message-----
> From: The IBM z/VM Operating System
> [mailto:ib...@listserv.uark.edu] On Behalf Of Alan Altmark
> Sent: Tuesday, July 21, 2009 9:58 AM
> To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU
> Subject: Re: VTAM Abend 0C4 under Z/VM
>
> On Tuesday, 07/21/2009 at 12:34 EDT, Marcy Cortes
> <marcy.d.cor...@wellsfargo.com> wrote:
> > Shouldn't that be MACH ESA ?
>
> It doesn't matter - XA is an alias for ESA in USER DIRECT.
> (The machine
> doesn't have a mechanism to restrict a guest to 370-XA mode.)
>
> Sometimes a CMS-based app will issue INDICATE USER to find out and do
> something stupid like "If not XA, then must be 370." (gag)
>
> Alan Altmark
> z/VM Development
> IBM Endicott
>
