Sending a Warning Message to All Users
Occasionally, you might
have a system problem
that requires you to take some action, such as restarting an SFS server, that
could disrupt a user's virtual machine operation. When this happens, enter the following command,
instead of MESSAGE ALL, to inform all users of the situation:
warning all SFS server VMHOME: will be recycled in 5 minutes
If your system is a member of an SSI cluster, and you want all logged-on users in the cluster to
receive the message, enter:
warning all at all SFS server VMHOME: will be recycled in 5 minutes
In response, CP displays the message on all users' display screens within the next 60 seconds (provided they are not running in full-screen mode and have not entered the SET WNG OFF command). This should give them time to save what they are currently working on.
Attention: If you use the MESSAGE command to send a warning, a user
with an action pending does not receive it until that action completes,
which might be too late.