Close - a most loved, highly authorized, multi address space application
had to be forced and a critical resource was somehow broken. The system
was not harmed, but the application was unable to restart. That is
instant justification for an immediate IPL in our shop, and the order
was given to begin an emergency system shutdown.
However, the broken resource was repaired before the shutdown progressed
too far and we were able to restart.
-----Original Message-----
From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of rdeguz1
Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2008 2:58 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Got burned by the FORCE COMMAND ?
Anyone got burned by issuing the Force command (without ARM) and had to
re-ipl?
I myself have had issued FORCE without ARM to terminate a rogue batch
job
that just wont budge using repeated CANCEL and KILL. I've been
fortunate
that night to not have had to re-IPL our system.
z/OS 1.9 FORCE COMMAND WARNING
"Consider using the FORCE command as a last resort when the CANCEL
command still fails to perform its function after you have issued it
several
times."
Gone is the other warning that states: (circa 1996)
Never use the FORCE command without understanding that - After issuing
FORCE, you might have to re-IPL." << something to that effect.
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