I wonder what we're doing differently.  I just tried this with my test server 
several times, and it disconnected properly each time, leaving the guest 
running.

When I logged back ON though, the session went to CP READ and the server was 
partly locked up until I satisfied the read.



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of
> James Melin
> Sent: Thursday, June 29, 2006 1:26 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [LINUX-390] Unexpectedly closing VM console breaks Linux
> server under z/VM
> 
> 
> We ran into that here. SET RUN ON is specified in the profile 
> exec for all of the Linux guests, but if the 3270 session for 
> that guest (we would use
> 3270 to manually IPL - otherwise xautolog is the choice) is 
> terminated (computer crashes, or someone closes the 3270 
> program) without a #CP DISC the
> session would go into a state other than disconnected and VM 
> would treat it as a 'dangling' session and kill it after a 
> period of time. This is
> primarily aimed at situations where several hundred VM users 
> could be logged on and any number of them would leave a 
> session dangling and lock up the
> resources for that user. It has dramatic and usually bad 
> consequences for ID's that are running guest operating 
> systems in the VM environment.
> 
> The bottom line: DO NOT leave a 3270 session representing the 
> console of a Linux Guest just sitting someplace. Any variety 
> of scenarios can lead to a
> 3270 session going into an abnormal state and VM will 
> diligently clean those up.  Use #CP DISC when you're done if 
> you MUST access things by 3270.
> Otherwise telnet/SSH is your better option for guest interaction.
> 
> 
> 
> 
>              "Post, Mark K" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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>        Re: Unexpectedly closing VM console breaks Linux 
> server under z/VM
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>                Linux on 390 Port <[email protected]>
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> Since you say you have "set run on" I admit to being puzzled.  I would
> have expected that to work for you.  Perhaps someone from the VM
> development team can say whether dropped connections are handled
> differently from CP disconnects or not.
> 
> 
> Mark Post
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of
> Jack Hoarau
> Sent: Thursday, June 29, 2006 11:24 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Unexpectedly closing VM console breaks Linux server 
> under z/VM
> 
> -snip-
> CP Q SET shows RUN set to ON but it
> seems this is not to sufficient, am I missing some other important
> function
> settings of the guest ?
> 
> Jack HOARAU
>
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