IPL - how to restart server

By kimot, 24 December, 2022

If you need to perform simple IPL you can use command :

first you can use CHGIPLA command (+F4) to setup for example restart to Restricted state and another parameters... 

                         Change IPL Attributes (CHGIPLA)                        
                                                                                
 Type choices, press Enter.                                                     
                                                                                
 Restart type . . . . . . . . . .   *FULL         *SAME, *SYS, *FULL            
 Keylock position . . . . . . . .   *NORMAL       *SAME, *NORMAL, *AUTO...      
 Hardware diagnostics . . . . . .   *MIN          *SAME, *MIN, *ALL             
 Compress job tables  . . . . . .   *NONE         *SAME, *NONE, *NEXT...        
 Check job tables . . . . . . . .   *ALL          *SAME, *ABNORMAL, *ALL, *SYNC 
 Rebuild product directory  . . .   *NONE         *SAME, *NONE, *NORMAL...      
 Mail Server Framework recovery     *NONE         *SAME, *NONE, *ABNORMAL       
 Display status . . . . . . . . .   *ALL          *SAME, *SYS, *NONE...         
 Start TCP/IP . . . . . . . . . .   *YES          *SAME, *YES, *NO              
 Spooled file recovery  . . . . .   *DETACH       *SAME, *DETACH, *REMOVE       
 Clear job queues . . . . . . . .   *NO           *SAME, *YES, *NO              
 Clear output queues  . . . . . .   *NO           *SAME, *YES, *NO              
 Clear incomplete joblogs . . . .   *NO           *SAME, *YES, *NO              
 Start print writers  . . . . . .   *YES          *SAME, *YES, *NO, *NONE       
 Start to restricted state  . . .   *NO           *SAME, *YES, *NO              

then you can do the restart :

PWRDWNSYS DELAY(300) RESTART(*YES) 

or use F4 for some extra settings

                         Power Down System (PWRDWNSYS)                      
                                                                            
Type choices, press Enter.                                                  
                                                                            
How to end . . . . . . . . . . .   *CNTRLD       *CNTRLD, *IMMED            
Controlled end delay time  . . .   300           Seconds, *NOLIMIT          
Restart options:                                                            
  Restart after power down . . .   *yes          *NO, *YES                  
  Restart type . . . . . . . . .   *IPLA         *IPLA, *SYS, *FULL         
IPL source . . . . . . . . . . .   *PANEL        *PANEL, A, B, D, *IMGCLG   
                                                                            
                           Additional Parameters                              
                                                                              
End subsystem option . . . . . .   *DFT          *DFT, *NOJOBLOG, *CHGPTY...  
               + for more values                                              
Timeout option . . . . . . . . .   *CONTINUE     *CONTINUE, *MSD, *SYSREFCDE  
Confirm  . . . . . . . . . . . .   *ENVVAR       *ENVVAR, *INTERACT, *YES, *NO
Install PTF device . . . . . . .   *NONE         Name, *NONE, *SERVICE        

Then you have to approve confirmation screen

                         Confirm Power Down of System         
                                                              
System  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . :   IBMXXX            
                                                              
                                                              
To confirm power down, press F16.                             
To cancel, press F12.                                         
                                                              



 Selection or command                                                           
 ===>                                                                           
                                                                                
 F3=Exit   F4=Prompt   F9=Retrieve   F12=Cancel                                 
 PWRDWNSYS command issued by user ADMIN and is being processed.                  

During the IPL some information screen are shown

DSPIPLA

                            Display IPL Attributes                           
                                                            System:   IBMXXX 
System Features:                                                             
  Restart type  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . :   *SYS                   
  Keylock position  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . :   *NORMAL                
                                                                             
Hardware Functions:                                                          
  Hardware diagnostics  . . . . . . . . . . . . . :   *MIN                   
                                                                             
Operating System Functions:                                                  
  Compress job tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . :   *NONE                  
  Check job tables  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . :   *ABNORMAL              
  Rebuild product directory . . . . . . . . . . . :   *NONE                  
  Mail Server Framework recovery  . . . . . . . . :   *NONE                  
  Display status  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . :   *ALL                   
  Start TCP/IP  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . :   *YES                   
  Spooled file recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . :   *DETACH                
                                                                             
Operating System Options:                                     
  Clear job queues  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . :   *NO     
  Clear output queues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . :   *NO     
  Clear incomplete joblogs  . . . . . . . . . . . :   *NO     
  Start print writers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . :   *YES    
  Start system to restricted state  . . . . . . . :   *NO     
               Licensed Internal Code IPL in Progress                         
                                                             13/03/21  17:46:04
 IPL:                                                                          
   Type  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . :   Unattended                            
   Start date and time . . . . . . . :   13/03/21  17:46:04                    
   Previous system end . . . . . . . :   Normal                                
   Current step / total  . . . . . . :       1     16                          
   Reference code detail . . . . . . :   C6004050                              
                                                                               
 IPL step                                Time Elapsed   Time Remaining         
 >Storage Management Recovery               00:00:00                           
  Start LIC Log                                                                
  Main Storage Dump Recovery                                                   
  Trace Table Initialization                                                   
  Context Rebuild                                                              
                                                                               
 Item:                                                                         
   Current / Total . . . . . . :                                               
                                                                               
 Sub Item:                                                                     
   Identifier  . . . . . . . . :                                               
   Current / Total . . . . . . :                                               
                     Operating System IPL in Progress                         
                                                            13/03/21  17:46:52 
IPL:                                                                           
  Type  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . :   Unattended                             
  Start date and time . . . . . . . :   13/03/21  17:46:04                     
  Previous system end . . . . . . . :   Normal                                 
  Current step / total  . . . . . . :   16   49                                
  Reference code detail . . . . . . :   C900 2A85  20 51 0048                  
                                                                               
 IPL step                                     Time Elapsed   Time Remaining    
 SMS initialization                             00:00:00                       
 Internal journal recovery                      00:00:01                       
 SAG initialization                             00:00:00                       
 PTF processing                                                                
 Signals initialization                                                        

 

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