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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 05, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 10, 2011
David A. Elko, Austin, TX (US);
Steven N. Goss, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Thomas C. Shaw, Marlboro, NY (US);
David A. Elko, Austin, TX (US);
Steven N. Goss, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Thomas C. Shaw, Marlboro, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A facility is provided to enable operator message commands from multiple, distinct sources to be provided to a coupling facility of a computing environment for processing. These commands are used, for instance, to perform actions on the coupling facility, and may be received from consoles coupled to the coupling facility, as well as logical partitions or other systems coupled thereto. Responsive to performing the commands, responses are returned to the initiators of the commands.