Re: HMC shared console issue

[DrFranken <midrange@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Jerry,

    In my experience it has always been this way. It's not really a 
significant issue because even though input inhibited is not displayed 
the job is in fact running and the only typing you do will be queued to 
that session.  This happens a lot to me especially since most firewalls 
will disconnect the HMC connection after a period of inactivity since it 
doesn't do keepalives like TN5250 does.

    - Larry "DrFranken" Bolhuis.


On 6/29/2012 6:59 PM, Jerry Draper wrote:
> We set up the a test on a 9406-520 iSeries using a direct VPN connection
> into an HMC and connected "shared" to a console session created locally
> in the data center.
>
> The TN5250 product is IBM iSeries Access.
>
> This is what we would encounter in a restricted state condition in a DR
> scenario.
>
> For the test we run a DSPTAP OUTPUT(*PRINT) which takes awhile.
>
> We disconnect the session, wait a few minutes, and reconnect to the
> shared session.
>
> We get a fully refreshed screen but it is entry capable; not locked like
> it would be normally.  The "input inhibited" message is not displayed.
>
> Pressing enter engages the "input inhibited" message on the lower left
> side of the screen.  This is the "input inhibited" message related to
> the DSPTAP job and not what was just typed into the display.
>
> This appears to be an issue with the HMC console and IBM.
>
> Anyone encountered this?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jerry