Re: Actions at Midnight

2010-05-08 Thread Kris Buelens
IPF came with ready to use service machines, one of which was VMUTIL. IPF was a separate product, but on of the required products if you ordered VM in SIPO format. FLIST, BROWSE, WAKEUP, ACCOUNT, GETFMADR, DCSSBKUPRSAV all modules part of IPF. IPF also gave panels, not documented how to use,

Re: Actions at Midnight

2010-05-07 Thread Kris Buelens
VMUTIL is since ages no longer part of the base VM system; WAKEUP is, but the execs around it forming VMUTIL are no longer there. As about the midnight problem: I try to explain the issue in documentation of RxServer (RxServer can be used to create a functionrich VMUTIL server). As to close

Re: Actions at Midnight

2010-05-07 Thread Rob van der Heij
On Fri, May 7, 2010 at 8:20 AM, Kris Buelens kris.buel...@gmail.com wrote: As to close consoles: that is best done a bit after midnight: CP's timestamp for spool files is the time of open, so if one'd close consoles just before midnight at date d, console files of very active machines will

Re: Actions at Midnight

2010-05-07 Thread David Boyes
VMUTIL is since ages no longer part of the base VM system; WAKEUP is, but the execs around it forming VMUTIL are no longer there. Guess that shows how long I've been at this. I've been carefully nursing a copy of VMUTIL since SP5. 8-) Maybe I need my brain flushed. I suspect IBM would pay for

Re: Actions at Midnight

2010-05-07 Thread Bill Munson
@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU 05/07/2010 10:49 AM Please respond to The IBM z/VM Operating System IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU To IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU cc Subject Re: Actions at Midnight VMUTIL is since ages no longer part of the base VM system; WAKEUP is, but the execs around it forming VMUTIL are no longer

Re: Actions at Midnight

2010-05-07 Thread Fran Hensler
VM/SP3 for me. I still use the DTR$WAIT to get it started after a change to the WAKEUP file. /Fran Hensler at Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania USA for 47 years mailto:f...@zvm.sru.edu http://zvm.sru.edu/~fjh +1.724.738.2153 Yes, Virginia, there is a Slippery Rock

Re: Actions at Midnight

2010-05-07 Thread Fran Hensler
I should have mentioned that VMUTIL was not part of VM/Sp but was included in an licensed add-on package called (I think) ISPF. Since I stole it from that package I guess I'm illegally running it. /Fran On Fri, 7 May 2010

Re: Actions at Midnight

2010-05-07 Thread Schuh, Richard
. Regards, Richard Schuh -Original Message- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:ib...@listserv.uark.edu] On Behalf Of Fran Hensler Sent: Friday, May 07, 2010 8:57 AM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: Actions at Midnight I should have mentioned that VMUTIL was not part

Re: Actions at Midnight

2010-05-07 Thread David Boyes
I should have mentioned that VMUTIL was not part of VM/Sp but was included in an licensed add-on package called (I think) ISPF. VM/IPF, later CMS Utilities.

Re: Actions at Midnight

2010-05-07 Thread Bill Munson
by: The IBM z/VM Operating System IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU 05/07/2010 11:56 AM Please respond to The IBM z/VM Operating System IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU To IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU cc Subject Re: Actions at Midnight I should have mentioned that VMUTIL was not part of VM/Sp but was included

Actions at Midnight

2010-05-06 Thread Buettner, Wolfgang
I want to close the console logs of several server virtual machines on a z/VM system automatically at midnight. Is there something on the basic system I could use - similar as the midnight message which is sent automatically as well - or is a server running WAKEUP or any other time controlled

Re: Actions at Midnight

2010-05-06 Thread Kris Buelens
Go to http://www.vm.ibm.com/download/packages/ and take RxServer (to get code to have a full-blown VMUTIL using WAKEUP) Install VMUTIL Then get CONCLOSE from the download lib too and issue SF CONCLOSE EXEC to VMUTIL SM VMUTIL ADDON ALL 00:00:10 () EXEC CONCLOSE 2010/5/6 Buettner, Wolfgang

Re: Actions at Midnight

2010-05-06 Thread Scott Rohling
Outside of the guests themselves closing their consoles -- using another guest with some kind of scheduling capability and using SEND/FOR commands is the only way. Scott Rohling On Thu, May 6, 2010 at 8:29 AM, Buettner, Wolfgang wolfgang.buett...@softwareag.com wrote: I want to close the

Re: Actions at Midnight

2010-05-06 Thread David Boyes
VMUTIL is part of the base system, and does tasks like that. If you use it, set it to fire a few moments before or after midnight - longstanding issue of losing events precisely at midnight.