On Wednesday, 07/26/2006 at 01:59 AST, Michael MacIsaac/Poughkeepsie/[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > The z/VM FLASHCOPY command can give a return code of 0 and then *fail* > later asynchronously. It is difficult to trap in REXX (for a mere mortal > like myself). And it will fail reliably (and asynchronously) if you queue > up too much work to the Shark/DSx000. This behavior is not well suited to > scripting :(( As such we had to pull back in a few cases on FLASHCOPY in > "The Virtualization Cookbook".
Yes, the CP FLASHCOPY command is one of those asynchronous commands. But take heart! We are busily improving it, making it more suitable for use in scripts. (And adding function to it while we're at it.) Alan Altmark z/VM Development IBM Endicott ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
