Did you run CPSYNTAX on the changed SYSTEM CONFIG file after making the change and before the IPL? If I remember correctly from home, CPSYNTAX is on MAINT's 193 disk.
Double check your change for proper REXX comment syntax, in other words: proper opening chars "/*" and closing chars "*/". If the closing characters are not correct, all the rest of the SYSTEM CONFIG file is treated as a comment. I always include at the top of our SYSTEM CONFIG a line like: Say 'Beginning SYSTEM CONFIG processing from MAINT CF1.' and another at the very end like: Say 'Ending SYSTEM CONFIG processing from MAINT CF1.' The first "say" confirms (on the OPERATOR console) which config file is executing, and the last "say" confirms that the whole thing was processed. Check the OPERATOR console for config file processing errors. Consider including the statement "TOLERATE_ERRORS OFF" (check the manual for the syntax and usage, that may be a little off). Mike Walter Hewitt Associates ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lim Ming Liang" [[email protected]] Sent: 12/28/2008 04:09 PM ZE8 To: [email protected] Subject: IPL SOFT WAIT PROBLEM I have a running z/VM 5.3 for quite a long while. I just edit the system config, to comment out 2 lines of define AND grant vswitch. Now I can't ipl the system up again. Any suggestions to recover from this ? I have an old RES volume somewhere, I can ipl up from that volume, but how to I migrate those latest data from my current VMRES ? Please help. Regards Lim ML The information contained in this e-mail and any accompanying documents may contain information that is confidential or otherwise protected from disclosure. If you are not the intended recipient of this message, or if this message has been addressed to you in error, please immediately alert the sender by reply e-mail and then delete this message, including any attachments. Any dissemination, distribution or other use of the contents of this message by anyone other than the intended recipient is strictly prohibited. All messages sent to and from this e-mail address may be monitored as permitted by applicable law and regulations to ensure compliance with our internal policies and to protect our business. E-mails are not secure and cannot be guaranteed to be error free as they can be intercepted, amended, lost or destroyed, or contain viruses. You are deemed to have accepted these risks if you communicate with us by e-mail.
