IPLing ZD&T Personal Edition from a remote emulated terminal for the system console

If your Linux image with the installed ZD&T Personal Edition does not have a user interface, you cannot use an emulated terminal product such as X3270 to run your z/OS® console. Therefore, you must install the emulated terminal software on a remote system, and you must be dialed to the Linux system that is running ZD&T before you enter the ipl command.

If the remote emulated terminal product is a 3270 emulator, then the only difference between remote administration and local administration of ZD&T are the commands that you enter between the awsstart and ipl commands. For remote administration, rather than starting x3270 or another local 3270 emulator, instead, start the 3270 emulator on the remote system and connect to the Linux IP address and zPDT® 3270port (usually 3270). From this point forward, the remote 3270 emulator becomes your system console. Any wanted TSO sessions can be connected from remote systems as well using the defined x3270port.

If you want to use the supplied runzpdt script to start ZD&T, you must modify it to perform remote system console administration. Any changes to runzpdt depend on what method of starting ZD&T and automation you currently use. You can customize these alternative modifications to fit your environment.

• Remove the final stanzas after the awsstart that start the local x3270 sessions and perform the ipl. The ipl command can be run as a line command after the system console is connected.
• Replace the x3270 start commands in runzpdt with some form of pause while you start your remote system console (either manually or with automation). These examples illustrate two pause techniques:
  • A sleep statement, such as

    sleep 1m

  • A read statement, such as

    read -p "Press [Enter] key to ipl after system console is connected."