Hi, I have an old DS6800 running alongside my z114. Due to a power outage the SAN was shut down uncleanly and while it does not appear to indicate any failures in its logs or status displays, I'm having issues trying to IPL my LPARs from it.
To try to debug this issue I loaded a z/VM installation DVD and had a look at the devices. To reduce the number of potential error sources, I created a new CKD volume at 03F1 in the DS6800. When I try to vary this device online I get: vary online 03f1 12:59:33 HCPERP794E DASD 03F1 - ACCESS IS PROHIBITED ON VOLUME 12:59:33 HCPERP794E DUE TO STATUS ERROR - RC = 08 - 0004.2- 1-1112:59:33 HCPERP794E DASD 03F1 - ACCESS IS PROHIBITED ON VOLUME 12:59:33 HCPERP794E DUE TO STATUS ERROR - RC = 08 - 0004.2- 1-1112:59:33 HCPERP6306I DASD 03F1 AN EQUIPMENT CHECK WITH PERMANENT ERROR 12:59:33 HCPERP6306I OCCURRED 12:59:33 HCPERP6300I SENSE DATA FORMAT = 0F MSG CODE = 0C 12:59:33 HCPERP6301I CHANNEL COMMAND WORD COMMAND CODE = 63 12:59:33 HCPERP6302I SEEK ADDRESS = 000000000000 12:59:33 HCPERP6303I SENSE = 10900000 F1FFFFFC 08000000 00000004 230002CB 12:59:33 HCPERP6303I 0004F908 00004082 0C000000 12:59:33 HCPERP6304I IRB = 01C04417 7FF0B010 02000010 00800000 12:59:33 HCPERP6305I USERID = SYSTEM 12:59:33 HCPERP2216I CHANNEL PATH ID = F5 12:59:33 HCPERP2220I PHYSICAL CHANNEL PATH ID = 011D12:59:33 HCPERP794E DASD 03F1 - ACCESS IS PROHIBITED ON VOLUME 12:59:33 HCPERP794E DUE TO STATUS ERROR - RC = 08 - 0004.2- 1-1112:59:33 HCPERP794E DASD 03F1 - ACCESS IS PROHIBITED ON VOLUME 12:59:33 HCPERP794E DUE TO STATUS ERROR - RC = 08 - 0004.2- 1-1112:59:33 HCPERP6306I DASD 03F1 AN EQUIPMENT CHECK WITH PERMANENT ERROR 12:59:33 HCPERP6306I OCCURRED 12:59:33 HCPERP6300I SENSE DATA FORMAT = 0F MSG CODE = 0C 12:59:33 HCPERP6301I CHANNEL COMMAND WORD COMMAND CODE = 27 12:59:33 HCPERP6302I SEEK ADDRESS = 000000000000 12:59:33 HCPERP6303I SENSE = 10900000 F1FFFFFC 08000000 00000004 230002CB 12:59:33 HCPERP6303I 0004F908 00004082 0C000000 12:59:33 HCPERP6304I IRB = 00C04017 7FE95E50 0E000000 00800000 12:59:33 HCPERP6305I USERID = SYSTEM 12:59:33 HCPERP2216I CHANNEL PATH ID = F5 12:59:33 HCPERP2220I PHYSICAL CHANNEL PATH ID = 011D 12:59:33 HCPCRC8083I EREP record threshold has been exceeded for userid OPEREREP. Currently 00000006 records are enqueued. 12:59:33 HCPCPN6277I Device 03F1 cannot be varied online because I/O errors occurred. 12:59:33 1 device(s) specified; 0 device(s) successfully varied online Ready(06277); T=0.01/0.01 This error is presented on the few other devices I've tried to vary online. Any suggestions of things to try? Worst come to worst I'll power everything off and do a cold boot. This is all a hobbyist setup so no IBM maintenance contract on anything I'm afraid :-). Thanks, ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
