Thanks, John. Regards, Richard Schuh
> -----Original Message----- > From: The IBM z/VM Operating System > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Franciscovich > Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2008 11:32 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Defining Devices > > >How do I change a device that partially emulates a 3480 from > supported > >to unsupported without an ipl? I presume that the command > "SET RDEVICE > >nnnn TYPE UNSUP DEVCLASS TAPE" would be needed. Would this > need to be > >preceded by the command "SET RDEVICE nnnn CLEAR"? Would having the > >device OFFLINE before entering the command(s) be sufficient?=20 > > You shouldn't need SET RDEVICE nnnn CLEAR, but the device > must be varied offline before you issue SET RDEVICE: > --- > VARY OFF nnnn > SET RDEVICE nnnn TYPE ..... > VARY ON nnnn > --- > > John Franciscovich > z/VM Development >
