102 Introduction to the New Mainframe: Large-Scale Commercial Computing
System Modification Program Extended (SMP/E)
System Modification Program Extended (SMP/E) is the name of the software that
is used in z/OS to manage system software configuration and to add and remove
system modifications like Program Temporary Fixes (PTFs). Refer to 7.3.1,
“System software configuration management” on page 132, for more information
about this topic.
Alternate CPU recovery
If a processor receives a machine check that indicates it needs to be repaired
before it is used again, the machine check handler can reassign the task it was
running to an alternate processor.
Alternate consoles
The definition of each system console can indicate an alternate console. In ...