IPL of Z/OS

[Phil Grimshaw-2]

I have found myself scratching my head a bit as I work through
Hercules and its setup.  I have in the past used the Flexes product
and let me say, Hercules is a breath of fresh air. Seems to be far
stronger techically and far more stable. To my problem.

I have Hercules booting up ok, the command console, the 3270 screen
all coming up nicely on Red Hat Linux (FC3).  I IPL Z/OS ok (via the
http://localhost:8081/) which is also very nice.  And being a fellow
who has IPL'ed Z/OS many many times, I see what is mostly familiar.
Now to my problem...

When you boot Z/OS,as it progresses, it pauses the console as it IPL's
and asks you to nominate the system time.  It is normally expecting
you to enter a command like:  R00, DATE=2007.229, CLOCK=hh.mm.ss
or R 00 U

My problem is that the Hercules command console does not recognize
what is entered. Here is what is displayed:

 IEA261I NO ETR PORTS ARE USABLE. CPC CONTINUES TO RUN IN LOCAL MODE.
 IEA598I TIME ZONE = W.00.00.00
 IEA888A GMT   DATE=2007.229,CLOCK=07.48.02
HHCCP041I SYSCONS interface active
*   IEA888A LOCAL DATE=2007.229,CLOCK=07.48.02  REPLY U, OR GMT/LOCAL TIME
Command ==>

I can never get beyond this point.  Anyone with any thoughts?

ps  Yes, I do have an IBM-supplied intel/linux box which is
authorised to run  various IBM OS's - all of which I have - legitimately.

[Binyamin Dissen]

On Fri, 17 Aug 2007 09:27:08 -0000 "vk4kvk" <phil@...> wrote:

:>I have found myself scratching my head a bit as I work through
:>Hercules and its setup.  I have in the past used the Flexes product
:>and let me say, Hercules is a breath of fresh air. Seems to be far
:>stronger techically and far more stable. To my problem.

:>I have Hercules booting up ok, the command console, the 3270 screen
:>all coming up nicely on Red Hat Linux (FC3).  I IPL Z/OS ok (via the
:>http://localhost:8081/) which is also very nice.  And being a fellow
:>who has IPL'ed Z/OS many many times, I see what is mostly familiar.
:>Now to my problem...

:>When you boot Z/OS,as it progresses, it pauses the console as it IPL's
:>and asks you to nominate the system time.  It is normally expecting
:>you to enter a command like:  R00, DATE=2007.229, CLOCK=hh.mm.ss
:>or R 00 U

:>My problem is that the Hercules command console does not recognize
:>what is entered. Here is what is displayed:

:> IEA261I NO ETR PORTS ARE USABLE. CPC CONTINUES TO RUN IN LOCAL MODE.
:> IEA598I TIME ZONE = W.00.00.00
:> IEA888A GMT   DATE=2007.229,CLOCK=07.48.02
:>HHCCP041I SYSCONS interface active
:>*   IEA888A LOCAL DATE=2007.229,CLOCK=07.48.02  REPLY U, OR GMT/LOCAL TIME
:>Command ==>

:>I can never get beyond this point.  Anyone with any thoughts?

You should be setting up a 3270 session to connect on a console address.

But if you wish to communicate via the virtual HMC, prefix the command with a
period.

:>ps  Yes, I do have an IBM-supplied intel/linux box which is
:>authorised to run  various IBM OS's - all of which I have - legitimately.

How did you get the license to run zOS under Hercules?

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[Wayne Bickerdike]

You should have a console configured at address 0700 and you can specify the
time zone in the .conf file.

If you are replying to the console message from the Hercules window, I think
the R 00 type messages need a period, eg .R 00 etc,





On 8/17/07, vk4kvk <phil@...> wrote:

>
> I have found myself scratching my head a bit as I work through
> Hercules and its setup. I have in the past used the Flexes product
> and let me say, Hercules is a breath of fresh air. Seems to be far
> stronger techically and far more stable. To my problem.
>
> I have Hercules booting up ok, the command console, the 3270 screen
> all coming up nicely on Red Hat Linux (FC3). I IPL Z/OS ok (via the
> http://localhost:8081/) which is also very nice. And being a fellow
> who has IPL'ed Z/OS many many times, I see what is mostly familiar.
> Now to my problem...
>
> When you boot Z/OS,as it progresses, it pauses the console as it IPL's
> and asks you to nominate the system time. It is normally expecting
> you to enter a command like: R00, DATE=2007.229, CLOCK=hh.mm.ss
> or R 00 U
>
> My problem is that the Hercules command console does not recognize
> what is entered. Here is what is displayed:
>
> IEA261I NO ETR PORTS ARE USABLE. CPC CONTINUES TO RUN IN LOCAL MODE.
> IEA598I TIME ZONE = W.00.00.00
> IEA888A GMT DATE=2007.229,CLOCK=07.48.02
> HHCCP041I SYSCONS interface active
> * IEA888A LOCAL DATE=2007.229,CLOCK=07.48.02 REPLY U, OR GMT/LOCAL TIME
> Command ==>
>
> I can never get beyond this point. Anyone with any thoughts?
>
> ps Yes, I do have an IBM-supplied intel/linux box which is
> authorised to run various IBM OS's - all of which I have - legitimately.
>
>
>

--
Wayne V. Bickerdike


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[brian_westerman]

That's correct, you have to specify the command character so that
hercules knows to pass the command to the operating system, otherwise
it thinks that the command is for hercules itself.

It's much simpler to add a 3270 session at x'0700' for the console
though.  

Brian

--- In hercules-390@..., "Wayne Bickerdike" <waynevb@...>
wrote:
>
> You should have a console configured at address 0700 and you can
specify the
> time zone in the .conf file.
>
> If you are replying to the console message from the Hercules window,
I think

> the R 00 type messages need a period, eg .R 00 etc,
>
>
>
>
>
> On 8/17/07, vk4kvk <phil@...> wrote:
> >
> > I have found myself scratching my head a bit as I work through
> > Hercules and its setup. I have in the past used the Flexes product
> > and let me say, Hercules is a breath of fresh air. Seems to be far
> > stronger techically and far more stable. To my problem.
> >
> > I have Hercules booting up ok, the command console, the 3270 screen
> > all coming up nicely on Red Hat Linux (FC3). I IPL Z/OS ok (via the
> > http://localhost:8081/) which is also very nice. And being a fellow
> > who has IPL'ed Z/OS many many times, I see what is mostly familiar.
> > Now to my problem...
> >
> > When you boot Z/OS,as it progresses, it pauses the console as it IPL's
> > and asks you to nominate the system time. It is normally expecting
> > you to enter a command like: R00, DATE=2007.229, CLOCK=hh.mm.ss
> > or R 00 U
> >
> > My problem is that the Hercules command console does not recognize
> > what is entered. Here is what is displayed:
> >
> > IEA261I NO ETR PORTS ARE USABLE. CPC CONTINUES TO RUN IN LOCAL MODE.
> > IEA598I TIME ZONE = W.00.00.00
> > IEA888A GMT DATE=2007.229,CLOCK=07.48.02
> > HHCCP041I SYSCONS interface active
> > * IEA888A LOCAL DATE=2007.229,CLOCK=07.48.02 REPLY U, OR GMT/LOCAL

TIME
> > Command ==>
> >
> > I can never get beyond this point. Anyone with any thoughts?
> >
> > ps Yes, I do have an IBM-supplied intel/linux box which is
> > authorised to run various IBM OS's - all of which I have -
legitimately.

> >
> >
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Wayne V. Bickerdike
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>