The condition was caused by the bottom part of the controller/tape unit being powered off. Naive me thought that when one recycled the power on a tape unit like that all components and sub-components would come up.
Time + $$ consumed on this was ridiculous. Two senior level sysprogs fighting messages. 1 hardware engineer talking us through a service element diagnosis for over an hour, and then finally coming to the site. Been messing with this stuff for over 30 years and that beat all I've ever seen with a hardware issue. Daniel McLaughlin Z-Series Systems Programmer Crawford & Company 4680 N. Royal Atlanta Tucker GA 30084 phone: 770-621-3256 fax: 770-621-3237 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] web: www.crawfordandcompany.com This transmission is intended exclusively for the individual or entity to which it is addressed. This communication may contain information that is confidential, proprietary, privileged or otherwise exempt from disclosure. If you are not the named addressee, you are NOT authorized to read, print, retain, copy or disseminate this communication, its attachments or any part of them. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete this communication from all computers. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
