On Wednesday, 08/03/2011 at 03:58 EDT, Raymond Noal <raymond.n...@emc.com> wrote:
> If your MVS virtual machine is also your MVS operator?s console and it?s > running in 3270 mode, there is no z/VM ? CP log for this console. However, for > your OPERATOR virtual machine which should have console spooling started and is > a 3215 device type ? you can either logon to OPERATOR and issue the command ? > ?SPOOL CONS CLOSE CL A TO <*|USERID>. Or if you are logged on to the MAINT > virtual machine, issue this command ? ?FOR OPERATOR CMD CP SPOOL CONS CLOSE CL > A TO MAINT?. This will close the OPERATOR?s console log and send it to MAINT?s > virtual reader where you can either RECEIVE it or just PEEK it. > > As to MVS, when you re-IPL the system, you should still have the SYSLOG file > from the crash as either your current SYSLOG file or it?s on the SPOOL volume > where you can offload it to a disk data set. If you configure MVS to use the integrated linemode console, all MVS messages will be in the virtual machine's console log. Alan Altmark Senior Managing z/VM and Linux Consultant IBM System Lab Services and Training ibm.com/systems/services/labservices office: 607.429.3323 mobile; 607.321.7556 alan_altm...@us.ibm.com IBM Endicott
