RE: PWRDWNSYS RESTART(*YES) didn't restart]

I re-read your original post and have to ask this: Does your customer
have a UPS? That alone would solve the "utility power goes off
for under a minute a couple of times a week." comment you made. Did I
miss something.



Bentley Pearson
Vice President - Information Services
Southland National Insurance Corporation
1812 University Blvd
Tuscaloosa, Al
35403
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[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Terrence Enger
Sent: Tuesday, July 28, 2009 2:52 PM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Re: PWRDWNSYS RESTART(*YES) didn't restart]

On Tue, 2009-07-28 at 11:49 -0700, Kirk Goins wrote:

Terrence Enger wrote:

Greetings,

The other morning, a customer machine as part of a regularly
scheduled BRMS job powered down with RESTART(*YES). The restart
did not happen. The customer would like an explanation, and I do
not have one to offer.

From the help information of the PWRDWNSYS command, I understand

that a lack of utility power would be a legitimate explanation
for the system staying down. Looking into the log for msgids
CPF1816 and CPF1817, I see typically that utility power goes off
for under a minute a couple of times a week.

So, I ask those who might know, for how long during the "bounce"
could a failure of utility power happen without logging a
CPF1816?

Is there anything else I can look for?

The machine in question is a model 820 running V5R2.

Thank you, all, for your attention.
Terry.

Well, I'd be looking at QHST via the DSPLOG cmd around the time of
PWRDWNSYS cmd to see what was going on. Also the joblog(s) for that

BRMS

job as well. So the box was completely off with the Power Light

flashing?

DSPLOG is my main source of information. From my scribbled notes, ...
05:34:31 PWRDWNSYS issued, restart=(*YES *FULL).
05:35:10 .../QSYS/QSYSARB3 ended
09:12:03 Unattended IPL in process
There is nothing in the log between "QSYSARB3 ended" and "Unattended
IPL".

The IPL after nine o'clock started during a telephone call from the
system opterator. He said the power light was flashing slowly. I told
him to "push the white button", and the light started flashing faster.

What should I look for in the BRMS joblog? (I have to petition the
customer for each access to the machine.)

Thanks,
Terry.