The name of a system is also the substitution text for the &SYSNAME
system symbol. You can
specify the name of a system in
one or more of the following
places:
- The IEASYMxx parmlib member
- The IEASYSxx parmlib member
- By the operator, in response to write to operator with reply (WTOR)
message IEA101A SPECIFY SYSTEM PARAMETERS.
If you define the system name in only
one of the listed
places, the system will use that definition. Otherwise, the system
will determine the name as follows:
- If the system name is specified in both IEASYMxx and IEASYSxx,
the system will use the name in IEASYMxx.
- If the operator specifies the system name in response to the specify
system parameters message, the system will use the name specified
on the operator response.
IBM® suggests that you specify
the system name in IEASYMxx.
Table 1 shows every possible way to
specify the system name and the resulting system action. In the table,
IEASYMXX indicates that the system name is specified in the IEASYMxx
parmlib member, IEASYSXX indicates that it is specified in the IEASYSxx
parmlib member, and WTOR indicates that it is specified in response
to the specify system parameters prompt:
Table 1. Precedence
of system name specifications| IEASYMxx |
IEASYSxx |
Console SYSNAME (WTOR) |
Resultant system name |
|---|
| IEASYMXX |
|
|
IEASYMXX |
| IEASYMXX |
IEASYSXX |
|
IEASYMXX |
| IEASYMXX |
|
WTOR |
WTOR |
| IEASYMXX |
IEASYSXX |
WTOR |
WTOR |
| |
IEASYSXX |
|
IEASYSXX |
| |
IEASYSXX |
WTOR |
WTOR |
| |
|
WTOR |
WTOR |
If the system name is not defined in any of the listed places,
the system name will become, by default, one of the following:
- The processor name that is defined to HCD (if not in LPAR mode)
- The LPAR name that is defined to the processor (if in LPAR mode)
- A VM userid, if the system is running as a guest of VM/ESA.