Agreed, unless you shut down z/OS first, then powered off the array and performed a cold-start. After that, you could power the array back up and vary the drive(s) online, couldn't you?
Granted, it's been a few (hundred) years since I've been a console operator, but I do remember in the olden days (when dinosaurs roamed the 3330 packs) if we got stuck with a consistent(ly annoying) hardware problem, we'd pull that old trick. More often than not, it did the job. -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Pommier, Rex R. Sent: Monday, September 03, 2007 22:09 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: DASD wont go offline. If you want to shut the entire array down which typically would pull the rug out from underneath z/OS. Not a good idea... Rex -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Doc Farmer Sent: Monday, September 03, 2007 7:17 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: DASD wont go offline. I hate to be simplistic, but the words "OFF SWITCH" spring immediately to mind... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
