I checked that there is nothing allocating the device. I will try your suggestion to vary them offline in MVS. Thanks
Tom Marchant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Tue, 6 Feb 2007 08:08:55 -0800, willie bunter wrote: >Hallo to all, > > I need to put some drives offline on 4 lpars (they share the dasds). > I am using the following command : > > *V A0F1,OFFLINE,ALL > > But it doesn't go offline. When I query the drive it shows the > status a O. It's been a while since I worked with JES3, but ISTR that the JES3 VARY OFFLINE only makes them offline to JES3 and not to MVS. In that case, you need RO *ALL,V A0F1,OFFLINE Is anyone allocated to the devices? RO *ALL,D U,ALLOC,,A0F1,1 -- Tom Marchant ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 --------------------------------- Looking for earth-friendly autos? Browse Top Cars by "Green Rating" at Yahoo! Autos' Green Center. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
