Termination of the SMSVSAM address space

To terminate the SMSVSAM address space, issue the following command from the MVS™ console:

V SMS,SMSVSAM,TERMINATESERVER

Use the VSMS,SMSVSAM,TERMINATESERVER command before you partition a system out of the XCF Sysplex. Failure to do so can result in unexpected abends in the SMSVSAM address space.

To terminate and automatically restart the SMSVSAM address space, issue the following command from the MVS console:

FORCE SMSVSAM,ARM

You should use the FORCE SMSVSAM,ARM command if the SMSVSAM address space did not teminate successfully with the V SMS,SMSVSAM,TERMINATESERVER command. In this case, make a console dump of the hung SMSVSAM address before you issue the FORCE SMSVSAM,ARM command and report the problem to your IBM representative.

The SMSVSAM address space automatically terminates and restarts after detecting fatal internal errors. If this situation occurs, report the failure, along with any dumps that were produced, to your IBM representative.

After any six consecutive restarts of the SMSVSAM address space, the system issues message IGW418D, which prompts the MVS operator for a reply to cancel or to continue with SMSVSAM initialization.