My thanks to both Mike Wood and Russ Witt for their help. As amazed as I am, the "distributed" people had the "fix". No, it was not their fault, it was just one that they had already been hit with. The 3584 has a "virtual I/O CAP" function. Apparently there is a bug in the microcode that if the size is too small, the 3584 never empties the "virtual CAP" station. All other tapes tend to "queue up" behind the ones that should have been presented to z/OS and get "stuck". Increasing the size of the "virtual CAP" caused all the "queued up" volumes to come streaming out.
So it appears this was a very weird hardware error. -- 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
