SVA_AUTOIPL_DEFINED

Description:

Checks if the customer environment is capable of supporting an AutoIPL policy and if it is, determines whether the AutoIPL policy is active.

Reason for check:

IBM® suggests that you define the AutoIPL policy using the DIAGxx parmlib member to minimize z/OS® system downtime. AutoIPL can re-IPL MVS™, take a Stand Alone Dump (SADMP), or take a SADMP and have SADMP re-IPL MVS when it has finished.

AutoIPL function requires the Program-Directed IPL feature. AutoIPL is not appropriate in GDPS® environment. If the check determines that the customer does not have the hardware feature or that the AutoIPL policy is not active, the check stops running.

z/OS releases the check applies to:

z/OS V1R11

User override of IBM values:

The following sample shows the defaults for customizable values for this check. Use this sample to make permanent check customizations in an HZSPRMxx parmlib member used at IBM Health Checker for z/OS startup. If you just want a one-time only update to the check defaults, omit the first line (ADDREPLACE POLICY) and use the UPDATE statement on a MODIFY hzsproc command. Note that using non-POLICY UPDATEs in HZSPRMxx can lead to unexpected results and is therefore not recommended. End of change

ADDREPLACE POLICY[(policyname)] [STATEMENT(name)]
UPDATE
CHECK(IBMSVA,SVA_AUTOIPL_DEFINED)
ACTIVE
SEVERITY(MED) INTERVAL(24:00) DATE('date_of_the_change')
REASON('Your reason for making the update.')

Parameters accepted:

No.

Reference:

For information about Exploiting the Automatic IPL Function, see z/OS MVS Planning: Operations.
For information about DIAGxx (Control common storage tracking and GFS trace) see z/OS MVS Initialization and Tuning Reference

Debug support:

Verbose support:

Messages:

This check issues the following exception messages:

BLWH0001E
BLWH0011E

See z/OS MVS System Messages, Vol 3 (ASB-BPX).

SECLABEL recommended for multilevel security users:

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

Output:

The following report is generated by the SVA_AUTOIPL_DEV_VALIDATION check when the device validation fails for devices specified in the AutoIPL policy:

AutoIPL  Device     Error             
action   Address    Description                              
             
-------  ---------  -----------------------------------------------------------
SADMP    03A0       Device is not DASD
	
In the output:
AutoIPL action	= 	The AutoIPL action (SADMP or MVS).  
Device Address	= 	The address of the device failing the device validation.
Error Description	=	The description of the problem