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Operator message commands for testing a coupling facility

  • US 9,037,907 B2
  • Filed: 06/10/2011
  • Issued: 05/19/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/10/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer program product for testing a coupling facility of a computing environment, said coupling facility being coupled to one or more processor images of the computing environment, said computer program product comprising:

  • a non-transitory computer readable storage medium readable by a processing circuit and storing instructions for execution by the processing circuit for performing a method comprising;

    receiving by the coupling facility an operator message command from a source remote from the coupling facility, the source being other than a console of the coupling facility, and the operator message command having an operator message token associated therewith to identify a buffer for use in processing the operator message command, the buffer comprising a token field for storing the operator message token;

    processing by the coupling facility the operator message command to perform an action on the coupling facility; and

    providing by the coupling facility a response to the operator message command, the response to be analyzed to determine an affect of the action on the coupling facility.

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