OPS shut itself down and the following messages appeared at startup:
OPSMVS IEF196I OPS0042I Restart after emergency product shutdown - MAXIMUM
OPSMVS IEF196I ABEND RATE EXCEEDED (CONSOLE-X'000A')
OPSMVS OPS0042I Restart after emergency product shutdown - MAXIMUM ABEND RATE
OPSMVS EXCEEDED (CONSOLE-X'000A')
Release : 14.0
Component : OPS/MVS
It looks like OPS is just a victim of a series of abends occurring in the CONSOLE address space. This is what the message below indicates:
OPS0042I Restart after emergency product shutdown - MAXIMUM ABEND RATE EXCEEDED (CONSOLE-X'000A')
OPS performed an emergency shutdown because of a high number of abend occurring in the CONSOLE address space.