Re: CHGIPLA STRPRTWTR(*NO)

[Tom Liotta <qsrvbas@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

rob wrote:

> The attributes on CHGIPLA are only good for the next IPL.  Is there some 
> where to make something more permanent, short of changing QSTRUP?  On my 
> HA target machine I'd like to do a permanent
> CHGIPLA STRPRTWTR(*NO) 

Rob:

(Late response due to the hurricane-that-wasn't-one hit here a week 
ago...)

My startup programs have "exit" points where they pull commands from 
CL members. I can place commands in members that get processed at 
the beginning of, end of or anywhere inside of the startup.

If that's a standard, then you should be able to stick CHGIPLA 
STRPRTWTR(*NO) into the ENDSTRUP member and simply leave it there 
permanently on that box. Then, every time the box IPLs, the last 
thing it will do is reset that attribute to *NO.

Or you could add another auto-start entry to QCTL. That's really 
about all that the current default system startup is after work 
management, etc., get going. The default auto-start entry names job 
description QSTRUPJD which has CALL QSYS/QWDAJPGM for its request 
data. AFAIK, about all that QWDAJPGM does is to retrieve the 
QSTRUPPGM system value and call whatever program is named there. (I 
suppose it also does a few things such as reset CHGIPLA attributes.)

So add your own entry that waits until the startup job finishes and 
then does CHGIPLA. That results in the same as the previous 
possibility. Naturally, you could have a data area that's in control 
if you wish.

Customizing the system startup opens possibilities.

Tom Liotta