Using System State Manager › How to Use the Full Capabilities of SSM › Step 7: Perform an IPL with SSM

Step 7: Perform an IPL with SSM

You need to test how SSM functions during system shutdown and at IPL time. Before you do so, make sure that:

• The CA OPS/MVS STATEMAN parameter is set to ACTIVE.
• You have successfully completed Steps 1 through 6. If you set the monitoring mode to PASSIVE for started tasks that you did not want to include in your other SSM tests, change the MODE value for those tasks to ACTIVE and repeat Step 6 for each task.
• The MODE value for the STCTBL table and each started task is ACTIVE.
• The current states and desired states in your STCTBL table are UP for tasks that are active or DOWN for inactive tasks.
• You have created a new COMMNDnn member of the Logical Parmlib Concatenation that contains the CA OPS/MVS START command, the tasks (if any) that SSM will not control, and the tasks that SSM will not start at IPL but will manage after those tasks become active (these tasks will be those for which you set the IPL_STATE value to IPL in Step 2).