Well the book is wrong according to IBM. *"a sysplex when all systems are part of the same GRS plex, then XCF can be used for communication between systems and it can make use of FCTC device types. . Otherwise you cannot specify a FCTC device type for GRS to use as a CTC for communication. "*
Well back to HCD to create ESCON CTC devices. Hope I remember how.... Thanks to all that had suggestions and replied. On Fri, Mar 7, 2008 at 8:00 AM, Mark Pace <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Even IBM support still believes that. When sent a AskQ they replied that > I needed to change the IOdevices to BCTC. :-( > > I've replied with the excerpt from the book. I'm waiting to see what they > say today. > > On Fri, Mar 7, 2008 at 6:04 AM, Zaromil Tisler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > On Thu, 6 Mar 2008 13:54:36 -0500, Mark Pace wrote: > > > > >From z/OS 1.9 MVS:Planning Global Resource Serialization. > > > > > >These links can be either a data link in a parallel CTC adapter. In > > ring > > >mode, "link" or "CTC link" means either an IBM 3088 data link, a > > parallel > > >CTC adapter, or an ESCON(R) channel operating in CTC or basic mode, or > > FCTC. > > > > > > Maybe the GRS doesn't know that yet <g>. According to ISG046E > > explanation > > (System Messages Volume 9, SA22-7639-14): > > > > <snip> > > System programmer response: If the reason code is X'05', check to see if > > the > > device is configured as a BCTC. If the device is configured as a SCTC, > > GRS > > cannot use it. If possible, try to reconfigure the device as a BCTC. > > <snip> > > > > -- > > Zaromil > > > > > > -- > Mark Pace > Mainline Information Systems > -- Mark Pace Mainline Information Systems ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
