RE: Feuding with IBM over HMC console disconnects

Console takeover does work quite well.
In addition to having a QSECOFR in SST I also have my account in SST. A coworker had a tendency to disable the SST QSECOFR quite regularly.
Also we attach our HMC via KVM. Since we use a remote co-lo (I think you have some familiarity with) I find the KVM a necessity. There's enough VM servers, etc which also use that KVM.

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Subject: Feuding with IBM over HMC console disconnects

Opened a PMR with IBM about the way the console works on the HMC. 'Back in the day' there was a session on the HMC somewhere in the background and if you got disconnected from the HMC that stayed alive. You could then reconnect. It was awesome. That went away (I think) with version 7.
(Loooong ago.)

This is of course important for long running tasks like system restores, full saves from the consoles, PTFs perhaps, things like that.

The 'work around' is to keep a shared console open 'somewhere else'
preferably 'very close' to the HMC so that disconnects are unlikely.
You could do so at the HMC itself of course but that requires the ability to put the old Mark I eyeball on the HMC. Yes the BMC connection on the 7063 HMC being supported allows this to be done remotely but most customers don't configure that and even if they do they don't know the user/password for the thing.

IBM say: "But we gave you console takeover, you're good if you remember to turn that on!"

*I* say: "But if I get that screen and my password is expired I'm toast."

IBM say: "Correct."

Anyone know if i 7.4 lets you change your password at the takeover screen?

Any other ideas?