On Mon, 26 Sep 2005 14:56:41 -0500, McKown, John <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> -----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 Try recycling LLA: P LLA S LLA,SUB=MSTR This should free any linklist data sets you are no loner using. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
