You might look at UM32894, in the PSP bucket for RSU903. It was the only thing that came up (resolves two APARs) when I searched IBMLink for "flashcopy z/VM 5.4"
Ron On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 1:51 PM, C. Lawrence Perkins <vmwiz...@ix.netcom.com> wrote: > Yes, I just went "live" with z/VM 5.4 at RSU 901 and I'm experiencing the > exact same problem. > > There's no "Command started" message, there IS a "Command completed" > message, and the FLASHCOPY doesn't run, it can't be seen with a Q FLASHCOPY > and it can't be seen in the Copy Services GUI of the Shark's Specialist app. > > CPU is a z800, Shark is a 2105-800. I've searched the PSP buckets and > there doesn't seem to be any PTF/APAR against this problem in RSU's after > 901, maybe I just didn't see it. Any suggestions would be appreciated. > > Thanks. > > > On Mon, 8 Jun 2009 17:08:07 -0400, Hans Rempel <h...@hmrconsultants.com> > wrote: > >>I upgraded to z/VM 5.4 with new release of VMSECURE 8.2 (not sure if >>VMSECURE makes any difference). We are using Version 1 (ugh) on F20 shark. >> >> >> >>Tried to run the FLASHCOPY command and received reply command complete but >>accessing new volume I noticed the label has not even changed. No command >>started message. >> >> >> >>Open a PMR with IBM. >> >> >> >>Just for kicks I tried it on my second level z/VM 5.2 system and received >>both messages. >> >> >> >>Command started: >> >>Command completed: >> >> >> >>And the flash actually worked. >> >> >> >>Anyone else encountered something this strange? >> >> >> >>Hans >