Skip, maybe it's been a long time since you have NOT had an SFM policy (I know I haven't operated in an environment without one in perhaps 15 years).
It's SFM that prevents having to reply "DOWN" (message IXC102A). The SFM system isolation process also prevents the need to perform a SYSTEM RESET. http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/z/advantages/pso/removing.html Mark -- Mark Zelden - Zelden Consulting Services - z/OS, OS/390 and MVS ITIL v3 Foundation Certified mailto:[email protected] Mark's MVS Utilities: http://www.mzelden.com/mvsutil.html Systems Programming expert at http://search390.techtarget.com/ateExperts/ On Fri, 13 Jun 2014 15:00:30 -0700, Skip Robinson <[email protected]> wrote: >The virtue of issuing V XCF,OFF is that in a parallel sysplex, a system >can be detected by others as down via CF coupling links. That's why you >don't have to 'Reply down' on another system. XCF knows that the system >has been shut down. No 'down' reply is necessary. > > >From: Mark Zelden <[email protected]> >To: [email protected], >Date: 06/13/2014 01:37 PM >Subject: Re: V xcf clarification >Sent by: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> > > > >On Fri, 13 Jun 2014 20:23:15 +0000, Staller, Allan ><[email protected]> wrote: > >>I you look a little further into the process, there is a later reply >"reply down >> when system has been reset" (or something similar). >>IF the LPAR that issued the VARY XCF, is in fact the one that has been >reset, >>you would have to find another console to actually reply 'DOWN" from. >> >>Other than that, I do not believe it will make any difference in the end. > >You can VERY XCF,sysname,OFFLINE from the system you are taking out >of the sysplex and not get those annoying messages if you put an >SFM policy in place. > >-- >Mark Zelden - Zelden Consulting Services - z/OS, OS/390 and MVS >ITIL v3 Foundation Certified >mailto:[email protected] >Mark's MVS Utilities: http://www.mzelden.com/mvsutil.html >Systems Programming expert at http://search390.techtarget.com/ateExperts/ >---------------------------------------------------------------------- >For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- >For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
