On Sun, 27 Apr 2008 08:45:49 -0400, Mike Myers wrote: >Hi: > >I'm looking to get clarification on whether or not the z/OS console >IXC102A message requesting that the operator confirms that a member of a >sysplex bas been reset always appears when a member is removed from the >sysplex. The message I am referring to is: > >> IXC102A XCF IS WAITING FOR SYSTEM sysname DEACTIVATION. REPLY DOWN >> WHEN MVS ON sysname HAS BEEN SYSTEM RESET
- snip - > If it sometimes does NOT occur, do you know why? - snip - The message is issued when the Sysplex "grim reaper", SFM cannot confirm that a 'presumed dead' system has really been killed through a 'fencing' operation. It turns to you to confirm (sign the death certificate, so to speak) so that sysplex recovery operations can safely continue. Here's a crunky old reference for your edification (search for "system fencing support"): http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/redbooks/pdfs/gg244137.pdf Barbara's comment is directly on point: On Mon, 28 Apr 2008 07:37:56 +0200, Barbara Nitz wrote: >Well, if you reply to it via automation and that automation is not capable of >actually system-resetting the lpar before replying, then you may be in deep >do-do, and it's all your fault. :-) IBM provides an authoritative guide to sysplex recovery processing on this page: http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/z/advantages/pso/removing.html It is absolutely critical that, if you choose to use automation to handle these conditions, that the automation is able to issue AND CONFIRM that the hardware system reset of the LPAR (or load of the 'next' system) has been successfully completed (CA's OPS/MVS + AutomationPoint and IBM TSA + ProcOps are able to do this). If you do not complete the reset prior to confirming IXC102A, YOU make it possible for the dead system to update shared data across the sysplex. Scott Fagen Enterprise Systems Management ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
