Hi, this APAR was mainly done for the may2002 - stream and the "access boxed dasd" feature.
We started issuing a SNID as the first command to the device in order to determine locking status with this stream. Before, we used SNID only after a rejected SPID (to determine if a PGID was already set). Path grouping was and is done on all multipath devices that support it. Without this APAR, "access boxed dasd" will not work for minidisks; path grouping is fine for all but minidisks. But you should still apply the APAR. Mit freundlichen Gr��en/Regards Cornelia Huck Linux for zSeries Development IBM Deutschland Entwicklung GmbH Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: ext. +49(0)7031/16-4837, int. *120-4837
