Request and release control at the local console

How the user at the local console requests and releases control of the server.

When your local console with remote support does not have iSeries control, you must request control at the local console to work with a server. Requesting control at the local console forces control back from a remote console if the remote console has control. After finishing your work, you must release control to allow Operations Console to automatically grant control to a requester.

Parent topic: Control tasks between users
Related reference
Default user (SERVER)
Display the remote control panel in read-only mode
iSeries control

Requesting control at the local console:

Perform the following steps to request control at the local console:

  1. Identify the user who has control.
  2. If no user has control (SERVER appears in the Current User field), do the following:
    1. Select the configuration name.
    2. From the Connection menu, click Request Control.
    3. If you installed and configured the remote control panel, confirm that it appears. If it does not appear, see Remote control panel fails to start. After the remote control panel appears, a sign-on window may appear.
    4. If the Service Device Sign-on window appears, sign on using your service tools user ID and password. Operations Console needs a valid service tools user ID and password to authorize the connection between the server and the PC. If you have problems when signing on, see Troubleshoot authentication problems.
    5. Confirm that the console appears. If it does not appear, see remote control panel fails to start in the troubleshooting information and Local console connection problems.
    If a remote console user has control and you do not want to force control back from the remote console, Send a message to the remote console asking the user to release control. To request control at the local console, after the remote console releases control and control did not return to the local console, do the substeps in step 2.

    If a remote console user has control and you do want to force control back from the remote console, do the substeps in step 2. At the remote console, the remote control panel window and the console close, and a message appears indicating that the local console has taken control. As long as the remote console remains connected, the remote console user can Display the remote control panel in read-only mode.

Releasing control at the local console:

To release control, do the following:

  1. Select the configuration name.
  2. From the Connection menu, click Release Control.

At this time, SERVER appears in the Current User field. The remote control panel window and the console disappear. Then control is automatically granted to the first requester. The remote control panel is still available in read-only mode.