Mainframe CONSOLES restore
CONTENTS:
1. Fixing the problem
2. Comments/remark/notes about the problem
3. Steps to follow for LPAR=BC2A
4. BC1B/93(tcpip) console restore : E00 (from TSO screen)
5. BC4A/90(tcpip) console restore /VSE/: A00
6. BC3A/92(tcpip) console: C00 is necessary for IPL only – HMC/hardware
console is used instead
If you have Mainframe consoles as PC/3270 sessions on IBM/2074 with OS/2 System and some disaster happened (power off), all sessions go to “system” and are not working. At the same time all LPARs of Mainframe and TSO on user terminals are still working OK. Usually in such a case when you lose your consoles, the first reaction is to turn on the power and to do IPL of Mainframe.
But there is an easy way to repair (restore, resume) your mainframe consoles using console commands. Please follow the steps in order to achieve restoration of your lost consoles.
1. Fixing the problem
Master (x’d00′) and alternative (x’d01′) consoles of LPAR/BC2A at tcpip=10.212.4.90 are lost due to failure – also it is not possible to start TSO screen from IBM 2074 (they go to system).
The following message on d01 /alternative console/ appears:
198 I *IEE141A MASTER AND ALL ALTERNATES UNAVAILABLE, REASON=IOER
ISSUE VARY MSTCONS OR LOG ON TO A MASTER AUTHORITY SMCS
CONSOLE
This message can be viewed on TSO syslog (sd.log) from any of the still working TSO user terminals.
2. Comments/remark/notes about the problem
If you try to restart alternative (d01) console PC/3270 session, Communication Error 658 appears. To find the reason, go on screen to Help – Help contents – When you encounter a problem – Communication check - 658 reason is: Initializing the TCP connection for Telnet3270/3250 (3270 session) - connection is not successful and failed.
3. Steps to follow
First it is necessary to Stop all PC 3270 sessions on PC IBM 2074 – then set power off/on of IBM 2074 and reboot the OS/2 System as follows:
- Shutdown OS/2 of PC IBM 2074 – Press red button/icon – Stop OS/2 – answer Yes – YES – shutdown complete
- Switch off/on power of PC IBM 2074 (the PC that is on lower row of the frame in our machine room)
- Reboot OS/2 – starting – waiting – OK – automatic
- Start PC 3270 sessions – Start OS/2 – PC 3270 sessions: ZOS sessions: bc2ad00 for LPAR/bc2a, bc2ac00 for LPAR/bc3a, bc1be00 for LPAR/bc1b; VSE session: bc2aa00 for LPAR/bc4a; only the sessions started – ok – but not yet consoles restored.
- Verify LPAR/bc2a consoles status - should be online – no Error 658 appear on d00(master) and d01(alternative) sessions – they successfully started after reboot of IBM 2074 – OK – 3 rows appears
- Console commands for restore/resume lost consoles of LPAR/bc2a:
Sign on TSO at any PC 3270 screen of IBM 2074 – then go to sd.log.
- Enter /V D01,CONSOLE from sd.log of TSO. After restarting session d01(tcpip=10.212.4.99)-alternative console – (no 658 communication error – TCP initializing) – d01 become/switched to master console. The following messages appear:
IEE870I CONSOLE SWITCH, OLD=0D01(CN022A,BC2A) NEW=0D01(CN022A,BC2A)
REASON=VARY
D C,U=(0D01),L=CN022A-Z
IEE926I L=CCA OPERAND INVALID-CN022A NOT A CONSOLE 716
COMMAND ISSUED IS D C,U=(0D01),L=CN022A-Z
- Enter /D CONSOLES – from sd.log of TSO – d01 is master console (02 COND=M )
IEE889I 16.23.21 CONSOLE DISPLAY 718
MSG: CURR=1 LIM=3000 RPLY:CURR=1 LIM=100 SYS=BC2A PFK=NONE
CONSOLE/ALT ID ————— SPECIFICATIONS —————
SYSLOG COND=H AUTH=CMDS NBUF=0 UD=N
ROUTCDE=ALL
CN022A 02 COND=M AUTH=MASTER NBUF=0 UD=Y
0D01 AREA=Z MFORM=T,J
BC2A DEL=RD RTME=1 RNUM=19 SEG=9 CON=N
USE=FC LEVEL=ALL PFKTAB=*DEFAULT
ROUTCDE=ALL
LOGON=OPTIONAL
MONITOR=JOBNAMES
ALTGRP=MASTGRP
- Enter V D00,CONSOLE – entered from d01(alternative console) – d00 become alternative console (01 COND=A)
D C,U=(0D00),L=CN022A-Z
IEE889I 16.24.44 CONSOLE DISPLAY 725
MSG: CURR=2 LIM=3000 RPLY:CURR=1 LIM=100 SYS=BC2A PFK=NONE
CONSOLE/ALT ID ————— SPECIFICATIONS —————
MASTER 01 COND=A AUTH=MASTER NBUF=0 UD=Y
0D00 AREA=Z,A MFORM=M
BC2A DEL=RD RTME=1/2 RNUM=5 SEG=14 CON=N
USE=FC LEVEL=ALL PFKTAB=*DEFAULT
ROUTCDE=ALL
LOGON=OPTIONAL
ALTGRP=MASTGRP
- Enter /D CONSOLES – from sd.log of TSO – d00 is alternative (01 COND=A), d01 is master console (02 COND=M)
IEE889I 16.25.23 CONSOLE DISPLAY 727
MSG: CURR=1 LIM=3000 RPLY:CURR=1 LIM=100 SYS=BC2A PFK=NONE
CONSOLE/ALT ID ————— SPECIFICATIONS —————
SYSLOG COND=H AUTH=CMDS NBUF=0 UD=N
ROUTCDE=ALL
MASTER 01 COND=A AUTH=MASTER NBUF=0 UD=Y
0D00 AREA=Z,A MFORM=M
BC2A DEL=RD RTME=1/2 RNUM=5 SEG=14 CON=N
USE=FC LEVEL=ALL PFKTAB=*DEFAULT
ROUTCDE=ALL
LOGON=OPTIONAL
ALTGRP=MASTGRP
CN022A 02 COND=M AUTH=MASTER NBUF=0 UD=Y
0D01 AREA=Z MFORM=T,J
BC2A DEL=RD RTME=1 RNUM=19 SEG=9 CON=N
USE=FC LEVEL=ALL PFKTAB=*DEFAULT
ROUTCDE=ALL
ROUTCDE=ALL
LOGON=OPTIONAL
MONITOR=JOBNAMES
ALTGRP=MASTGRP
- Enter V D00,MSTCONS – from sd.log of TSO – switched master console from d01 – to d00
IEE870I CONSOLE SWITCH, OLD=0D01(CN022A,BC2A) NEW=0D00(MASTER,BC2A)
REASON=VMST
- Enter /D CONSOLES – from sd.log of TSO – all is OK – d00 is master (01 COND=M), d01 is alternative (02 COND=A) - now the right consoles of LPAR/BC2A are restored
IEE889I 16.34.18 CONSOLE DISPLAY 742
MSG: CURR=1 LIM=3000 RPLY:CURR=1 LIM=100 SYS=BC2A PFK=NONE
CONSOLE/ALT ID ————— SPECIFICATIONS —————
SYSLOG COND=H AUTH=CMDS NBUF=0 UD=N
ROUTCDE=ALL
MASTER 01 COND=M AUTH=MASTER NBUF=0 UD=Y
0D00 AREA=Z,A MFORM=M
BC2A DEL=RD RTME=1/2 RNUM=5 SEG=14 CON=N
USE=FC LEVEL=ALL PFKTAB=*DEFAULT
ROUTCDE=ALL
LOGON=OPTIONAL
ALTGRP=MASTGRP
CN022A 02 COND=A AUTH=MASTER NBUF=0 UD=Y
0D01 AREA=Z MFORM=T,J
BC2A DEL=RD RTME=1 RNUM=19 SEG=9 CON=N
USE=FC LEVEL=ALL PFKTAB=*DEFAULT
ROUTCDE=ALL
LOGON=OPTIONAL
MONITOR=JOBNAMES
ALTGRP=MASTGRP
4. BC1B/93(tcpip) console restore : E00 (from TSO screen)
To restore e00 console of LPAR/bc1b on IBM 2074 do the following: press icon “User 3270” – log on TSO –TZ - sign IBMUSER/IBMUSER – go to sd.log – verify e00 status – /d u,,,e00,1 – O – OK if online – /v e00,online – if not online – enter /v e00,console – OK – e00 console of BC1B is started on session bc1be00. Next messages appear on TSO syslog:
IEE870I CONSOLE SWITCH, OLD=0E00(MASTER,BC1B) NEW=0E00(MASTER,BC1B)
REASON=VARY
D C,U=(0E00),L=CSUSER-Z
IEE936I CONSOLE MASTER INITIALIZATION ERROR – RC:01 – 3277-2 IS
ASSUMED
IEE889I 11.33.00 CONSOLE DISPLAY 264
MSG: CURR=2 LIM=3000 RPLY:CURR=1 LIM=100 SYS=BC1B PFK=NONE
CONSOLE/ALT ID ————— SPECIFICATIONS —————
MASTER 01 COND=M AUTH=MASTER NBUF=1 UD=Y
0E00 AREA=Z,A MFORM=M
BC1B DEL=RD RTME=1/2 RNUM=5 SEG=14 CON=N
USE=FC LEVEL=ALL PFKTAB=*DEFAULT
ROUTCDE=ALL
LOGON=OPTIONAL
ALTGRP=MASTGRP
/d consoles
IEE889I 11.33.55 CONSOLE DISPLAY 266
MSG: CURR=1 LIM=3000 RPLY:CURR=1 LIM=100 SYS=BC1B PFK=NONE
CONSOLE/ALT ID ————— SPECIFICATIONS —————
SYSLOG COND=H AUTH=CMDS NBUF=0 UD=N
ROUTCDE=ALL
MASTER 01 COND=M AUTH=MASTER NBUF=0 UD=Y
0E00 AREA=Z,A MFORM=M
BC1B DEL=RD RTME=1/2 RNUM=5 SEG=14 CON=N
USE=FC LEVEL=ALL PFKTAB=*DEFAULT
ROUTCDE=ALL
LOGON=OPTIONAL
ALTGRP=MASTGRP
5. BC4A/90(tcpip) console restore /VSE/: A00
- ICCF – 31 – from ICCF console enter “online A00”
AR 0015 1I40I READY – VSE console on A00 is started.
6. BC3A/92(tcpip) console: C00 is necessary for IPL only – HMC/hardware console is used instead
- /v C00,console
- /d consoles
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