Cannaerts, Jan wrote: >So I just tested this again to make sure I'm not spouting nonsense.
You're not spouting nonsese. Since you could repeat it, I believe IBM will accept a nice RFE for that. >- I try to vary a 3390 device ONLINE that was previously OFFLINE. This works >without any problems and I can access the associated volume immediately. >- I try to vary the same 3390 device OFFLINE, and I am met with; IEF524I ><dev>, VOLUME xxxxxx PENDING OFFLINE. Hmmm. Interesting. ONLINE work this way. OFFLINE that other way. > ... because I can still vary other 3390 devices online, but not 3270 devices > to console. Hmmm, I wondering about other device types like network devices. What happens to them in this situation? >Like I said, this doesn't break the OS, but it's interesting behavior >nontheless. I don't think you're missing something, but I believe you discovered a hidden [ and valuable ;-) ] gem deep inside z/OS... If z/OS was not OCO, I believe some old-timers would have a fix ready for you. ;-) Groete / Greetings Elardus Engelbrecht ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
