Part of managing checks is understanding the check state and status
shown for checks in the check messages in the message buffer, SDSF
or the MODIFY
hzsproc,DISPLAY output:
- State: Indicates whether a check will run at the next specified
interval.
- Status: Describes the output of the check when it last
ran.
For example:
- In the message buffer, system information displayed with the check
message includes check status:
CHECK(IBMCNZ,CNZ_CONSOLE_MSCOPE_AND_ROUTCODE)
START TIME: 06/08/2005 09:49:17.410704
CHECK DATE: 20040816 CHECK SEVERITY: LOW
* Low Severity Exception *
CNZHF0003I One or more consoles are configured with a combination of
message scope and routing code values that are not reasonable.
.
.
.
Check Reason: Reduces the number of messages sent to a console in
the sysplex
END TIME: 06/08/2005 09:49:17.451937 STATUS: EXCEPTION-LOW
- In SDSF, information displayed about checks includes state and
status:
NAME CheckOwner State Status
CNZ_AMRF_EVENTUAL_ACTION_MSGS IBMCNZ ACTIVE(ENABLED) SUCCESSFUL
CNZ_CONSOLE_MSCOPE_AND_ROUTCODE IBMCNZ INACTIVE(ENABLED) INACTIVE
CNZ_SYSCONS_ROUTCODE IBMCNZ ACTIVE(ENABLED) EXCEPTION-LOW
GRS_CONVERT_RESERVES IBMGRS ACTIVE(DISABLED) GLOBAL
- If you enter the f hzsproc,display,checks command
to display check information, you'll receive output like the following.
(Note that the check states are explained at the bottom of the output.)
HZS0200I 10.56.19 CHECK SUMMARY 134
CHECK OWNER CHECK NAME STATE STATUS
IBMVSM VSM_CSA_CHANGE AE SUCCESSFUL
IBMRRS RRS_RSTOFFLOADSIZE AE SUCCESSFUL
IBMRRS RRS_DUROFFLOADSIZE AE SUCCESSFUL
IBMRRS RRS_MUROFFLOADSIZE AE SUCCESSFUL
IBMRRS RRS_RMDOFFLOADSIZE AE SUCCESSFUL
IBMRRS RRS_RMDATALOGDUPLEXMODE AE SUCCESSFUL
IBMCNZ CNZ_SYSCONS_PD_MODE AE SUCCESSFUL
IBMCNZ CNZ_EMCS_INACTIVE_CONSOLES ADG SYS=J80
IBMCNZ CNZ_SYSCONS_ROUTCODE AE EXCEPTION-LOW
IBMCNZ CNZ_SYSCONS_MSCOPE AE SUCCESSFUL
IBMCNZ CNZ_EMCS_HARDCOPY_MSCOPE AE EXCEPTION-MED
.
.
.
A - ACTIVE I - INACTIVE
E - ENABLED D - DISABLED
G - GLOBAL CHECK + - ADDITIONAL WARNING MESSAGES ISSUED
Both of these examples show that the state and status for the
highlighted check, CNZ_SYSCONS_ROUTECODE, are as follows:
- The check state is AE or ACTIVE(ENABLED), which
means that it will run at its next scheduled interval.
- The check status is EXCEPTION-LOW, indicating that the
check found a low severity exception.
Check states: Each check state has two parts:
- User controlled states
- IBM Health Checker for z/OS controlled states
Check status: For check status, see
Check status.