For my "sandbox" system, I don't have any NIPCONS. Why bother? I always IPL it from the HMC Web interface. I use the "system messages" functionality which looks a bit like an old line console. I get all the IPL and NIP messages there. I, personally, see no need for NIPCONS. It's not as if an operator does the IPLs any more. We no longer have __any__ operators. Our production control people are quite smart and they use SMCS consoles at their desk. Most of the people in the NOC, where the NIPCONS are located, are Windows-weenies who don't know anything about running z/OS.
I would like to eliminate the NIPCONS from our production images too. But everybody else on my team actually drives in to work to do any IPL. And wants those screens for some reason. Each to his own, I guess. I have an alternate loadparm that I can use which has a different IOCDS specified with no NIPCONS in it so that when I IPL, if I don't get any messages in a reasonable time, I can reIPL with that and watch the IPL/NIP messages on the HMC "system messages" screen. -- John McKown Systems Engineer IV IT Administrative Services Group HealthMarkets(r) 9151 Boulevard 26 * N. Richland Hills * TX 76010 (817) 255-3225 phone * [email protected] * www.HealthMarkets.com Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message may contain confidential or proprietary information. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. HealthMarkets(r) is the brand name for products underwritten and issued by the insurance subsidiaries of HealthMarkets, Inc. -The Chesapeake Life Insurance Company(r), Mid-West National Life Insurance Company of TennesseeSM and The MEGA Life and Health Insurance Company.SM > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jakubek, Jan > Sent: Monday, November 14, 2011 1:34 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: NIP console message traffic logging / recording+ > > Hi, > > We have our z/OS NIP consoles (OSA ICC) in a remote data center. > On an occasional initial part of IPL (NIP time) trouble we have a > difficulty in reviewing the message traffic due to a > (typically) re-IPL > (after some correction and/or an IPL re-attempt, all messages > are lost). > > Did somebody invent / figured out a way to record / log the NIP time > messages for either immediate (a real time transport over a network to > some host?) or later remote retrieval? > > A Standalone Dump would likely have a message record/log however we do > not perform it routinely. Most of the time a correction is made and a > z/OS host is re-IPLed. > > A solution would likely have be external to z/OS via either 3270 > emulator (our OSA ICC consoles use PCOMM 3270 emulator) or > other means. > > Thank you... > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO > Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
