CNZ_EMCS_Inactive

Description:

Ensures that there are not an excessive number of inactive EMCS consoles.

Reason for check:

If the EMCS console is no longer needed, use the EMCS console removal service (IEARELEC) to remove the EMCS console definition. The number of inactive EMCS consoles in use in a sysplex can affect the time it takes for a system to join a sysplex.

z/OS® releases the check applies to:

z/OS V1R4 and later.

User override of IBM® values:

The following shows the default keywords for the check, which you can override on either a POLICY statement in the HZSPRMxx parmlib member or on a MODIFY command. This statement may be copied and modified to override the check defaults:

  UPDATE,
        DATE('date_of_the_change')
        REASON('Your reason for making the update.')      
        PARM(10000)
        ACTIVE    
        SEVERITY(HI)         
        INTERVAL(24:00)

Parameters accepted:

Yes. You can specify the number of inactive EMCS consoles that you deem excessive. PARM(10000) is the default.

Reference:

For more information on EMCS consoles, see z/OS MVS Planning: Operations.

Messages:

This check issues the following exception messages:

CNZHF0009E

See the CNZHF messages in z/OS MVS System Messages, Vol 4 (CBD-DMO).

SECLABEL recommended for multilevel security users:

SYSLOW - see z/OS Planning for Multilevel Security and the Common Criteria for information on using SECLABELs.