Re: SPAM: How to suppress some informational VTAM messages ?

The VTAM messages depend on the MPF member used and it's options. The
messages flow through the SSI to Netview and at that point the message
automation table logic takes control. The sysprog at this time can
Tailor the message automation table to do what the installation needs to
have done.

Regards,
Scott Ford
IDF - Host Developer

-----Original Message-----
From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@xxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Matthew Stitt
Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2008 1:04 PM
To: IBM-MAIN@xxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: SPAM: How to suppress some informational VTAM messages ?

There are also some start options in VTAM. These options can also be
specifed as operator commands. Look in the VTAM Operations and Resource
Definition Reference manuals for the syntax of these options. Some of them
are ASIRFMSG, DSIRFMSG, ESIRFMSG, FSIRFMSG, LSIRFMSG, RSIRFMSG, SIRFMSG.

Usually I issue the commands to supress them after VTAM has fully started
up. This way I know about problems during the initialization phase. Of
course I have been bitten by problems which did not show themselves because
the messages were suppressed. <g>

On Wed, 30 Jan 2008 17:43:28 +0000, Ted MacNEIL <eamacneil@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

I thought the whole idea of SUPPRESS was to keep them from running across
an operator's console with all that *other* clutter, but they were KEPT in
the
SYSLOG, no?!

There is/was an option, under NETVIEW (I believe), that would supress
messages in SYSLOG.
I believe it was:
SYSLOG(y/n) -- with Y as the default.

I don't think it was/is supported by MPF.

I think, from an audit perspective, this is not a good idea to use.
I caught a SYSPROG doing this, almost 20 years ago, when controls weren't
as tight.
Almost everything he did was never journaled to SYSLOG (or the CONSOLE).
That's how I caught him.
He did something, that I knew about, and I happened to be looking at the
SYSLOG under SDSF and noticed none of the messages, regarding what he did,
showed up.

-
Too busy driving to stop for gas!


----------------------------------------------------------------------
For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions,
send email to listserv@xxxxxxxxxxx with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO
Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html

----------------------------------------------------------------------
For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions,
send email to listserv@xxxxxxxxxxx with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO
Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
.

Relevant Pages

  • Re: VTAM NetView Configuration
    ... I think when we used to use Netview that Netview came up before VTAM, ... Subject: VTAM NetView Configuration ... email to listserv@xxxxxxxxxxx with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search ... Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html ...
    (bit.listserv.ibm-main)
  • Re: VTAM NetView Configuration
    ... I think we'll do a little experimenting on our test LPAR and see what works best for us - VTAM first or NetView first. ... send email to listserv@xxxxxxxxxxx with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO ... Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html ...
    (bit.listserv.ibm-main)
  • Message suppression (was: IEE252I MSGs)
    ... We caught our VTAM ex-SYSPROG doing that over 20 years ago. ... Any commands he issued, through NetVIEW, were never logged ... suppress those because it has control over the WTOs. ... Revision Table into its SSI and is then out of the picture; ...
    (bit.listserv.ibm-main)
  • Re: SPAM: How to suppress some informational VTAM messages ?
    ... Everytime I have implemented Netview including 1.0 thru ... If you pass all messages through MPF. ... Subject: SPAM: How to suppress some informational VTAM messages? ...
    (bit.listserv.ibm-main)
  • Re: SPAM: How to suppress some informational VTAM messages ?
    ... The NetView "suppression" is actually a completely different ... operator" VTAM passes its unsolicited messages to the PPO ACB ... _then_ MPF gets in the act. ... responses sent to the console issuing the command. ...
    (bit.listserv.ibm-main)