Using tape for logging wouldn't have cause the OP's problem if their shop were using virtual tape or an automated cartridge system, instead of the biological tape mounting facility.
Technologically speaking, they hit some area of MQ logging that was serialized while waiting on a tape mount; but what they have is a management / personnel issue. According to the OP the operator went to lunch leaving a tape mount pending. So, we can deduce, Watson, that they either have no coverage for lunch hour (a management problem: too few operators scheduled for their needs) or an employee who doesn't care about the job and leaves without handing off to someone else (a personnel problem). Tim Hare Senior Systems Programmer Florida Department of Transportation (850) 414-4209 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
