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5.3.2.3 OPSCON Usage Considerations

Special considerations or techniques related to using the
OPSCON file are provided below:

o  The data for the IPL event is obtained from the SMF
   record type 8 - I/O Configuration.

o  The data for the VARY ONLINE event is obtained from the
   SMF record type 9 - VARY ONLINE.

o  The data for the VARY OFFLINE event is obtained from
   the SMF record type 11 - VARY OFFLINE.

o  The data for the ALLOC RECOV event is obtained from the
   SMF record type 10 - Allocation Recovery.  The CONDESC
   data element will contain the job name and RDRTS of the
   job causing the allocation recovery.

o  The SMF record type 22 - Configuration will also cause
   IPL, VARY ONLINE, and VARY OFFLINE events for the
   CONFIG CPU, CONFIG CHP, CONFIG VF, CONFIG STOR, CONFIG
   ONLINE,S or CONFIG OFFLINE,S operator commands.

o  If the event pertains to STORAGE, DESCR will provide the
   address of the lowest page in real contiguous storage and
   the number of pages in real contiguous storage.

o  Events relative to CPUs, CHANNEL paths, STORAGE and 3990
   controllers will set the following variables accordingly:

        +---------+------------+------------+
        | DEVADDR | DEVCLASS   | DEVTYPE    |
        +---------+------------+------------+
   CPU  | '000n'  | 'CPU     ' | 'CPU     ' |
   CHP  | '    '  | 'CHP     ' | 'CHP     ' |
   STOR | '    '  | 'STORAGE ' | 'STORAGE ' |
   3990 | 'nnnn'  | 'STORAGE ' | 'STORAGE ' |
        +---------+------------+------------+
 
        +--------------------------------------------+
        | CONDESC                                    |
        +--------------------------------------------+
   CPU  |'CPUMODEL=nnnnn, CPUID=nnn'  or             |
        |'CPUMODEL=nnnnn, CPUID=nnn, VECTOR FACILITY'|
   CHP  |'CHPID=nnn, OWNED=yes/no, ONLINE=yes/no'    |
   STOR |'LOWEST PAGE=nnnnn, PAGES=nnnnn'            |
   3990 |'SUBSYSTEM=nnnn, MODEL=nn, VOLSER=nnnnnn'   |
        +--------------------------------------------+ 

o  For more information about how this statement affects the
   OPSCON file, see the SMFOPS parameter's CONFIGLIMIT
   statement in section 7.3.1.18.