Yep, would have been the solution...if... IF someone looked back on the console to see the 24 bit SVA messages. IF someone would have cancelled some active partitions or brought them down manually. IF someone wouldn't have then started releasing jobs that would bring down partitions, which caused more usage. IF someone wouldn't have started using Power commands that also cause more 24 bit usage. IF someone wouldn't have forced the VSE system without correcting the problem.
Once the machine was forced, then they told me about it. Too late for me to correct the problem (or, in frustration, force the machine myself). After the IPL, I show we have 768K as the largest 24bit free area. I know we get some fragmentation.... I now have a PCS event to do a "getvis" every 4 hours. Perhaps I can see when the problem starts becomming a real problem. Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 12/19/2005 3:07 PM >>> -----Original Message----- From: VM/ESA and z/VM Discussions [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tom Duerbusch Sent: Monday, December 19, 2005 2:50 PM Tom, I think we ran into that problem with our POWER a few years back. If I recall, the "quick and dirty" answer we used was to stop some of the PNET lines, which freed up enough getvis until we could fix it permanently by making F1 a bigger partition. We spent a day stopping and starting the PNET lines as needed until we got to a window where we could IPL the VSE guest. Ron To: [email protected] Subject: Re: forcing a user Yep, that was it. VM crashed (I played around too much) so the problem is solved. This machine is the center of a PNET star of the other 8 VSE machines. Manually ftping the jobs around got old, quick. I had a count of 5. When looking at the console logs, I see that Power ran out of 24 bit space. No big deal except that I had PNET transfers from 3 other VSE machines active at that time. I'm guessing that the PNET transfers were the active I/O load when the machine was forced off. The Operator didn't correct the situation, didn't try to shutdown the machine normally, just forced it off. Just taking any partition down, would have freed up the 24 bit area and allowed things to continue. At least that is my guess. Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting
