Forwarding ISFC Information to a Central Site

You can centralize system operations so that a central site oversees system operation for the VM domain controller and receives its messages that cannot be automatically handled at the distributed system. You can centralize operations by using the VM Programmable Operator facility.

The Programmable Operator Facility allows remote operation of systems in a distributed data processing environment. It does this by intercepting all messages and requests directed to its virtual machines and by handling them according to preprogrammed actions. These messages and requests are sent to a logical operator.

If operations are centralized at your installation using the IBM® NetView family of products or RSCS, the NetView products or the Programmable Operator Facility can forward messages that require operator skills from the local site to a central site virtual machine where a real operator is located.

See z/VM: CP Programming Services for more information about the Programmable Operator Facility.