I guess my biggest concern is that it hangs the userid, and basically the system, as I can't get it to shutdown cleanly. Then I have to force start.
MA On Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 1:03 PM, Mary Anne Matyaz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > Do you mean not on VM? I'd assume z/OS supports it since the SDM's are ok. > I did find a nasty looking Interface Control Check msg, so that's an avenue > to pursue. > > MA > > On Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 12:26 PM, Alan Altmark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > >> On Tuesday, 11/25/2008 at 11:43 EST, Mary Anne Matyaz >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > Hello all. While we're on the subject of DASD today, I finally got my >> chpids to >> > access the production dasd from the >> > D/R machine z/VM 5.4 lpar. I tried to accept a big range, and maint hung >> up. I >> > waited a half hour, then tried to >> > force him. No joy. So I removed the dasd from the not accepted list, and >> IPL'd. >> > The IPL took 5 minutes to get to the >> > SALIPL Screen. When it came up, I tried to vary on a range of about 15 >> devices. >> > Again, hung up maint. Wait 1/2 hour, >> > IPL. Tried to vary on one device, and it worked! So I tried the next >> one, hung >> > up my ID, and it's still sitting there 45 minutes >> > later. >> > Any ideas? Some sort of MIH setting? The SDMPlex is fine...not a whole >> lot of >> > activity on these devices. I have 2 chpids >> > online. I understand it's going to be slower, but this just won't work. >> :) >> >> I have always understood that channel extenders for DASD are not supported >> because of the latency. You should probably check the dasd control unit >> to see if it's logging any errors on its own. Is EREP showing anything? >> >> Alan Altmark >> z/VM Development >> IBM Endicott >> > >
