You can configure the system console so that the commands VARY CN,ACTIVATE and VARY CN,DEACTIVATE are issued automatically to ensure that messages are sent to the system console when no other consoles are available. If you specify an automatic activate group (AUTOACT) for the system console, the VARY,CN AUTOACT= command uses the name of a console group from CNGRPxx.
If an AUTOACT group is defined and not suspended:
- When all of the consoles in AUTOACT are inactive, the system console will automatically be placed into PD mode.
- If any console in AUTOACT becomes active after the system console has automatically been placed into PD mode, the system console will then automatically be removed from problem determination (PD) mode.
- The consoles in the AUTOACT group can be of any type (MCS,
HMCS,
SMCS or EMCS). - In a sysplex environment, the consoles in the AUTOACT group can be attached to any system in the sysplex.