> -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bob Henry > Sent: Monday, September 26, 2005 11:05 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Can't vary offline > > > I'm trying to vary a dasd device offline. It originally had > ucat on it but > I moved (merged) and disconnected it. It has nothing on it > any more but > SYS1.VVDS & SYS1.VTOCIX (as well as USERCAT & USERCAT.INDEX > space). There > were also lnklst libs on it but I rebuilt lnklst, APF and > LLA, etc. Now > I'm trying to vary offline but get "vary offline pending". A > "d u,,alloc" > of the device shows *MASTER* still has it allocated. Why > would *MASTER* > still have it? How can I unalloc it? >
STOP! WAIT! HOLD ON! You had datasets on this volume which were on the LNKLST at IPL time?!? As I understand it, you cannot remove the "allocated" condition without an IPL. Period. When you updated the LNKLST, did you do something like: SETPROG LNKLST,UPDATE,JOB=* Did you notice that the manual said to only do this if you are trying to avoid an IPL because its use could cause an S106 type abend? If you did not do the UPDATE, then all the address spaces which were active before the SETPROG was issued are still using the IPL (or previous SETPROG) LNKLST and could possibly be trying to fetch modules from the "clean" disk. How did you delete everything? Right now, if this were my shop, I'd be in a mild panic about the possibility of an unplanned outage. -- John McKown Senior Systems Programmer UICI Insurance Center Information Technology This message (including any attachments) contains confidential information intended for a specific individual and purpose, and its content is protected by law. If you are not the intended recipient, you should delete this message and are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, or distribution of this transmission, or taking any action based on it, is strictly prohibited. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
