IBM S/390 - Hardware Management Console Scheduled Operations; Additional Hardware Management Consoles

Hardware Management Console Scheduled Operations
Scheduled Operations allows you to have specific operations automatically begin at a specific time and
date. The operations can occur once or repeatedly (for example, daily or weekly). Scheduled Operations
is available in System Programmer mode.
Following is a list of the scheduled operations that are available:
 Backup critical hard disk information
 Accept internal code changes
 Retrieve internal code changes for defined CPCs
 Retrieve internal code changes
 Install internal code changes/Activate with reboot
 Install internal code changes/Activate without reboot
 Transmit system availability data
 Remove internal code changes/Activate with reboot
 Remove internal code changes/Activate without reboot
1. Log on in System Programmer mode
2. Open Console Actions from the Views area
3. Open Customize Scheduled Operations
The Customize Scheduled Operations panel displays.
4. Select Options from the Menu Bar
5. Select NEW from the Pull-Down
Online help is available to guide you through completion of the task. It is recommended to perform
scheduled operations weekly Monday through Friday and to choose off hours for transmissions, 2:00 AM
to 7:00 AM.
6. When all changes are made select Exit from the Options Pull-Down.
Additional Hardware Management Consoles
You can order additional Hardware Management Consoles for your system.
The additional Hardware Management Consoles have a peer to peer relationship (not master/slave).
The customizable features on one Hardware Management Console are not automatically applied to the
other Hardware Management Consoles. User defined groups and color settings are examples of features
that are not automatically applied. This information can be copied via Save/Restore Customizable
Console Data from the Console Actions View in Access Administrator mode.
Use the following procedure to copy the information.
1. Logon in Access Administrator mode
2. Open Console Actions from the Views area
3. Open Save/Restore Customizable Console Data from the Console Actions Work Area
4. Insert a blank formatted diskette into drive "A".
5. Choose all data options from the Customizable Data panel
6. Select Save
7. Take the diskette to the additional Hardware Management Console and perform the previous steps at
those locations Selecting Restore instead of Save.
4-2 Getting Started