Emulate the Operating Systems Messages applet

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To emulate the HMC or SE Operating Systems Messages applet, snipl requires specifications for the LPAR and the corresponding access data. There are also optional parameters.

Use the -i option to start an emulation of the HMC or SE Operating Systems Messages applet for a specified LPAR. End the emulation with CTRL+D.

Figure 1. LPAR mode: dialog

Where:

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specifies the LPAR for which you want to emulate the HMC or SE Operating Systems Messages applet. If snipl directly accesses the SE, this is the LPAR name as defined in the hardware setup.

If snipl accesses the SE through an HMC, the specification has the format <mainframe_system>-<lpar_name> where <mainframe_system> is the name that identifies the mainframe on the HMC. If you are using a snipl configuration file that defines an alias for an LPAR, you can specify the alias.

SE Example: lpar204

HMC Example: z02-lpar204

A snipl command applies to one or more LPARs that are controlled by the same HMC or SE. If multiple LPARs are specified, it is assumed that all LPARs are controlled by the same HMC or SE as the first LPAR. Other LPARs are ignored.

|lpar-access-data|

see Specifying access data for LPAR mode.

-i or --dialog

starts an emulation of the HMC or SE Operating System Message applet for the specified LPAR.

--msgtimeout <interval>

specifies the timeout for retrieving operating system messages in milliseconds. The default value is 5000 ms.

-M <name> or --msgfilename <name>

specifies a file to which the operating system messages are written in addition to stdout. If no file is specified, the operating system messages are written to stdout only.

Example: The following command opens an emulation of the SE Operating Systems Messages applet with the operating system instance that runs on LPAR SZ01LP02. During the emulation session, the operating system messages are written to a file, SZ01LP02.transcript.

# snipl SZ01LP02 -L 192.0.2.4 -e -P -i -M SZ01LP02.transcript
Enter password: 
Warning : No default configuration file could be found/opened.
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