Re: Pinned data on 2107 aka DS8000

2009-07-07 Thread Hal Merritt
Actually, you can call IBM. They will happily quote you a price to get things running. You'll have to decide if it is worth the price or not. Just place a service call and you should get a call back from someone that can fix you up. HTH and good luck. -Original Message- From:

Re: Pinned data on 2107 aka DS8000

2009-07-07 Thread Eric Bielefeld
I hate to ask a dumb question, but what is pinned data? I'm sure I once knew the answer to that question, but I can't for the life of me remember what it is. Eric Bielefeld Sr. Systems Programmer Milwaukee, Wisconsin 414-475-7434

Re: Pinned data on 2107 aka DS8000

2009-07-07 Thread McKown, John
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Eric Bielefeld Sent: Tuesday, July 07, 2009 2:50 PM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Re: Pinned data on 2107 aka DS8000 I hate to ask a dumb question, but what is pinned data? I'm

Re: Pinned data on 2107 aka DS8000

2009-07-07 Thread Eric Bielefeld
@bama.ua.edu Subject: Re: Pinned data on 2107 aka DS8000 I hate to ask a dumb question, but what is pinned data? I'm sure I once knew the answer to that question, but I can't for the life of me remember what it is. Eric Bielefeld Data in cache which cannot be flushed onto the physical DASD, IIRC

Re: Pinned data on 2107 aka DS8000

2009-07-07 Thread Bruno Sugliani
On Tue, 7 Jul 2009 16:26:55 -0500, Eric Bielefeld eric-ibmm...@wi.rr.com wrote: John - Thanks for the definition. That brings furthur questions. How does data get into the cache that can't be written to disk? Is that something caused by a power failure for the device, or some other failure?

Re: Pinned data on 2107 aka DS8000

2009-07-07 Thread Shane
On Tue, 2009-07-07 at 16:26 -0500, Eric Bielefeld wrote: Also, I would think that if that condition can cause the 2107 not to work, that there should be some easy way for the customer to push a button or type in something on the service console to clear the cache. To me it sounds like a

Re: Pinned data on 2107 aka DS8000

2009-07-07 Thread Ted MacNEIL
To me it sounds like a. design flaw, although I haven't kept up with the technical details of the 2107 as well as I should be. Pinned data is not new with the 2107. It's been around since the 3990-3, at least. - Too busy driving to stop for gas!

Re: Pinned data on 2107 aka DS8000

2009-07-06 Thread Bruno Sugliani
On Mon, 6 Jul 2009 18:55:51 +0100, Mark Wilson mark.wil...@pobox.com wrote: Hi, Does anyone know how to discard a whole bunch of pinned data on a 2107? We have suffered a power failure in our office and our 2107 has some pinned data. Unfortunately, I don¹t have the box on maintenance so I

Re: Pinned data on 2107 aka DS8000

2009-07-06 Thread Linda Mooney
Hi Mark, Once the system(s) that the data belongs to are up, and the DASD is up, the pinned data will destage and clean up on its own.  I have se en this a number of times when we used to run on straight building power.  Linda  Mooney - Original Message - From: Mark Wilson

Re: Pinned data on 2107 aka DS8000

2009-07-06 Thread Mark Wilson
Linda, Afraid not.The volumes are inaccessible from zOS and one of my LAPRS wont IPL as the RES vol has pinned data... Mark] On 06/07/2009 20:46, Linda Mooney linda.lst...@comcast.net wrote: Hi Mark, Once the system(s) that the data belongs to are up, and the DASD is up, the

Re: Pinned data on 2107 aka DS8000

2009-07-06 Thread Linda Mooney
Pacific Subject: Re: Pinned data on 2107 aka DS8000 Linda, Afraid not.The volumes are inaccessible from zOS and one of my LAPRS wont IPL as the RES vol has pinned data... Mark] On 06/07/2009 20:46, Linda Mooney linda.lst...@comcast.net wrote: Hi Mark, Once the system(s

Re: Pinned data on 2107 aka DS8000

2009-07-06 Thread Skip Robinson
ibm-m...@bama.ua Subject .edu Re: Pinned data on 2107 aka DS8000