Establishing Host Sessions › Automating the IPL Process for z/OS › Setting Up IPL Automation

Setting Up IPL Automation

To set up IPL automation, you configure your host system so that it sends its IPL-related messages to an MCS console monitored by CA Automation Point. Because z/OS sends IPL messages to the first active console that it finds, you need to define (or set during system generation) the console with console ID 01 as a CA Automation Point-controlled session.

To set up IPL automation

1. Using Configuration Manager, go to Session Definition Sets and define a 3270 host connection to the IPL console for the mainframe host:
   1. Define a session with console type MCS and enable it for automation.
   2. Designate the defined session as the IPL console, enabling CA Automation Point to recognize IPL messages and direct them to rules for processing:
   1. Click Customize Scripts.
   2. Select IPL for Console Type/State.
   3. Click Add.
   4. The IPL state is added to the MCS session definition.
   1. Click Customize Session Settings, then specify your connection settings.
2. Write specific CA Automation Point rules to do the following:
   • Initiate the IPL
   • Reply to IPL-related messages

   The sample rules file, named axcrules.rul, contains CA Automation Point rules for automating responses to the IPL‑related messages that are sent to the MCS console. You may need to customize the rules for your site.

You can initiate the IPL process in any of the following ways:

• A menu item--For information on initiating APCMOSI.REX from a menu item, see the section on customizing menus in the chapter "Managing Sessions Using CA Automation Point Windows."
• The Host Command Area—From any CA Automation Point function window with a Host Command Area, you can initiate the APCMOSI.REX manually by entering the name of the REXX program to start.
• A time rule--For information on initiating APCMOSI.REX from a time rule, see the chapter "Writing Rules."
• A command rule—For information about initiating APCMOSI.REX from a command rule, see the chapter, "Writing Rules."