Jim, I think you would need to drop that subsystem that is using the consoleid first.
The vary CN command will not do anything since the device number is not an actual device. I maybe wrong on this though. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html