Re: Using WakeUp to cycle a zLinux instance

2008-03-14 Thread Romanowski, John (OFT)
to cycle a zLinux instance snip I had a discussion with IBM on that some time ago. I'd liked to see an option in signal to prevent the shutdown of guests when they do not shutdown within the timeout period. But IBM did not follow me on that. When a forced user in not acceptable (databases

Re: Using WakeUp to cycle a zLinux instance

2008-03-14 Thread Alan Altmark
On Friday, 03/14/2008 at 08:31 EDT, Romanowski, John (OFT) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Instead of adding a CP SIGNAL SHUTDOWN option to prevent shutdown (contrary to the signal name), it'd be better to extend the CP SIGNAL command to send other types of signals for other purposes, something like

Using WakeUp to cycle a zLinux instance

2008-03-13 Thread Sikich, Frank J.
To All: I have a zLinux that is having issues and as a temporary bandaid I need to cycle the instance every morning. Will the wake command help me accomplish this? That for everyone input. Frank Sikich NCC

Re: Using WakeUp to cycle a zLinux instance

2008-03-13 Thread Rob van der Heij
On Thu, Mar 13, 2008 at 2:48 PM, Sikich, Frank J. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a zLinux that is having issues and as a temporary bandaid I need to cycle the instance every morning. Will the wake command help me accomplish this? That for everyone input. You could tweak the inittab to

Re: Using WakeUp to cycle a zLinux instance

2008-03-13 Thread Huegel, Thomas
] -Original Message- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Sikich, Frank J. Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2008 8:49 AM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Using WakeUp to cycle a zLinux instance To All: I have a zLinux that is having issues

Re: Using WakeUp to cycle a zLinux instance

2008-03-13 Thread Macioce, Larry
: Thursday, March 13, 2008 9:49 AM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Using WakeUp to cycle a zLinux instance To All: I have a zLinux that is having issues and as a temporary bandaid I need to cycle the instance every morning. Will the wake command help me accomplish this? That for everyone

Re: Using WakeUp to cycle a zLinux instance

2008-03-13 Thread Berry van Sleeuwen
Hello Rob, I agree that FORCE would not be an option. In case of the linux machine IBM advised (see below) to setup a secondary console user to shutdown a linuxmachine and still have the option of communicating with the guest in case of problems during shutdown. This could also be used in a

Re: Using WakeUp to cycle a zLinux instance

2008-03-13 Thread Alan Altmark
On Thursday, 03/13/2008 at 06:25 EDT, Berry van Sleeuwen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I had a discussion with IBM on that some time ago. I'd liked to see an option in signal to prevent the shutdown of guests when they do not shutdown within the timeout period. But IBM did not follow me on that.