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.