Changing the status of a system automation workstation

System automation workstations (that is, General automatic workstations with the AUTOMATION option set to YES) can have their status changed similarly to computer automatic workstations. You can see the status of a system automation workstation from the MCP panels in ISPF or from the Dynamic Workload Console.

In ISPF you can see the status in the BROWSING WORK STATION ACTIVITY panel:

Figure 1. Example of Browsing work station activity panel (EQQSWS1L) with System automation workstations

EQQSWS1L --------------- BROWSING WORK STATION ACTIVITY         Row 1 to 3 of 3 
Command ===>                                                    Scroll ===> CSR 
                                                                               
For more information, enter any of the row commands below:                     
 O Open intervals,  S Summary information, I System information                
                                                                               
Row Work station               F V L S T R Completed     Active Remaining      
cmd name text                  A           oper  dur.    oper   oper  dur.     
'   SAUT                         N   O G A     0    0.00      5     3    0.30  
'   SAU2                         N   A G A     0    0.00      2     0    0.00  
'   SAU3                         N   A G A     0    0.00      2     0    0.00  
********************************Bottom of data*********************************

The status of a System automation workstation can be:

Active: Communication with the controller is on.
Failed: There was a system failure on the workstation.
Offline: Communication with the controller was lost.
Unknown: The workstation is inactive and the communication with the controller was not started. No other diagnostic information is available.

You can change the status of a system automation workstation in the current plan in one of the following ways:

With the VARY command from the ISPF MCP panels. For example:

Starting with ISPF fast path 5.5, get to the MODIFYING WORK STATIONS IN THE CURRENT PLAN panel, where a system automation workstation named SAUT is listed among others.

Enter the S row command next to SAUT to display the MODIFYING A WORK STATION IN THE CURRENT PLAN panel for this workstation.

Figure 2. The Modifying work stations in the current plan panel (EQQMWSLL) with system automation workstation listed

EQQMWSLL -------- MODIFYING WORK STATIONS IN THE CURRENT PLAN  Row 1 to 3 of 3 
Command ===>                                                  Scroll ===> CSR  
                                                                               
Enter the row command S to select a work station for modification, or          
I to browse system information for the destination. If the work station        
is virtual enter the row command  V to vary the global status.                 
                                                                               
Row Work station               F V L S T R Completed     Active Remaining      
cmd name text                  A           oper  dur.    oper   oper  dur.     
S   SAUT SysAutWS                N   A G A     0    0.00      3     0    0.00  
'   SETA                         N     G A     0    0.00      0     0    0.00  
'   SPAN                         N   A C A     0    0.00      0     0    0.00  
******************************* Bottom of data ********************************

Enter the V command to change the workstation status to OFFLINE.

Figure 3. The Modifying a work station in the current plan panel (EQQMWSRP) for a system automation workstation

 EQQMWSRP ------- MODIFYING A WORK STATION IN THE CURRENT PLAN -----------------
 Command ===>V

 Enter/change data below:
 Enter the O command above to modify open time intervals
 Enter the V command above to vary workstation status

 Work station          : SAUT        
 Type                  : General     
 Status                : Active


 REPORTING ATTR     ===> A           A automatic, S manual start and complete
                                     C complete only or N non reporting

 CONTROL ON SERVERS ===> Y           Control on parallel servers, Y or N
 CONTROL ON R1      ===> N           Control on critical resource R1 , Y or N
 CONTROL ON R2      ===> N           Control on critical resource R2 , Y or N

Put SAUT offline in the MODIFYING WORK STATION STATUS IN THE CURRENT PLAN panel.

Figure 4. The Modifying work station status in the current plan panel (EQQMWSVP) for a system automation workstation

 EQQMWSVP ------- MODIFYING WORK STATION IN THE CURRENT PLAN -----------------
 Command ===>

 Enter data below, and issue END command to change the status:
 
 Work station          : SAUT        
 Current Status        : Active

 NEW STATUS:        ===> O           A active, F failed 
                                     O offline

 Fail/offline options  :

 STARTED OPERATIONS ===> L           R restart, L leave, E set to error
                                    (Mandatory value  L  for SA, Dynamic and
                                     Remote Engine work stations)
 REROUTE OPERATIONS ===> N           Y to reroute, N to leave operations
                                    (Mandatory value  N  for SA work stations)

 ALTERNATE WS NAME  ===> ___         Alternate Work station for reroute

From the Dynamic Workload Console.
Using the WSSTAT TSO command.

Remember:

The EXECUTE command fails for the operations scheduled on the workstation when it is offline.
Rerouting work to alternate workstations is not possible for system automation workstations.