We wrote a tool to do this (SYSVINIT). You can define groups of virtual machines, specify dependencies so things come up in order, etc, etc. Free to the world.
http://www.sinenomine.net/vm/s5init or search for it on www.sinenomine.net. > -----Original Message----- > From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:ib...@listserv.uark.edu] On > Behalf Of louis.gai...@its.ms.gov > Sent: Thursday, May 20, 2010 4:17 PM > To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU > Subject: Shutting Down Linux Guest > > New Member > > I have ten Linux guest running under z/vm on z/os > > 5 are production and 5 are test is there away to bring down > > all the production with one command then let the shutdown command > > bring down the test guest. > > Thanks