R: Usage of QABNORMSW systemvalue

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> Da: Buck Calabro <mcalabro@commsoft.net>
> A: 'MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com'
> Oggetto: RE: Usage of QABNORMSW systemvalue
> Data: martedì 30 giugno 1998 22.00
> 
> On Tuesday, June 30, 1998 12:47 PM, Spirinckx Chris 
> [SMTP:Chris.Spirinckx@village.uunet.be] wrote:
> 
> > I was thinking of using the QABNORMSW System value.
> > However the helptext refers to the ENDJOBABN-command.
> > Does anyone of you have any experience with this systemvalue and/or the
> > ENDJOBABN-command ?
> >
> > An other approach would be changing the contents of a dataara during
IPL
> > and in the PWRDWNSYS-command.
> > Is it possible to create an exit point for the powerdown command, and
> > will
> > this be preserved when upgrading ?
> 
> Chris,
>   I have used QABNORMSW in the past on S/38 and on AS/400 before
ENDJOBABN 
> was introduced.  We used it to determine whether to start all subsystems 
> or to bring up the console only: our operator got a big screen explaining

> that the previous powerdown was abnormal and to check job logs, etc. to 
> determine if any recovery was needed prior to giving the system back to 
> the users.
> 
> ENDJOBABN will force the machine to do *some* "cleanup" type work that it

> normally undergoes during a power failure, so that's why the IPL looks 
> abnormal to the system.
> 
> V4R2 has an exit point QIBM_QWC_PWRDWNSYS for pre-powerdown processing, 
> but I do not know how/if exit points are preserved through a release 
> upgrade.
> 
> Buck Calabro
> Commsoft, Albany, NY
> mailto:mcalabro@commsoft.net
> 
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