On Thu, Jul 24, 2014 at 8:57 AM, Roger Lowe <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, 24 Jul 2014 06:46:07 -0500, John McKown > <[email protected]> wrote: > >>We had a problem with our tape library. We are sure exactly what, yet, >>but one CE indicated that he _thinks_ it might be a "flaky" fibre >>switch. The remote support engineer said that one thing he suggests to >>do is a "soft activate" (software only) of the current IODF. I.e. do: >> >>ACTIVATE IODF=nn,SOFT=NOVALIDATE >>...snip..... > > John, > Did you get a message along the lines of "IEA437I TAPE LIBRARY > DEVICE(???)" when trying to vary one of your drive(s) online to a z/OS system > that had just been ipl'ed? > > Roger
No. We IPL'd about 8 weeks ago. What we got was an I/O error messaage. IOS000I 0806,08,IOE,01,0600,,**,100910,STDBH00D 640 100410C060127050 0000000000000000 0000000000000091 4204E8205E112011 EQUIPMENT CHECK IEA480E 0803,TCU,3590,SERIOUS ALERT,SER=0178-C4081,MC=F1,ES=11,ID=5D, REF=0000-0089-0109,UM=1306-0000-83 *IOS003A 0803,INTERVENTION REQUIRED, READY THE DEVICE The TS3500 web showed an error which indicated a hardware problem: Device 802 is reporting an element addr of zero. Call service. ==== But, rephrasing my question, does an ACTIVATE IODF=xx,SOFT=NOVALIDATE clear up any error indicator in on-line UCBs? I was under the impression that it did not do _anything_ to an on-line UCB. -- There is nothing more pleasant than traveling and meeting new people! Genghis Khan Maranatha! <>< John McKown ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
