Alan, In OS/390 V2.9 (I think) IBM provided an mvs command called CMDS. It can display or remove various types of MVS commands from the queue.
You might want to put a trigger in place to issue the CMDS SHOW when this job starts to see what all else might be going on. CMDS D or CMDS DISPLAY DISPLAY | D -- display the numbers and brief information about the commands that are currently executing and those that are waiting for execution. IIRC - Vary is considered an M2 command level. Which I think means it can be ignored if the system has too much going on. The manual should have a better explanation as to what gets tossed and what does not from the mvs command CMDS. Is there a reason these devices are not brought online normally? Lizette > Alan Field Wrote > >We have a batch job that uses the COMMAND program to issue commands. > > > >One of the uses is to issue 580 V xxxx,ONLINE commands. These are >directed to one menber of a SYSPLEX (no ROUTE command involved). > > > >The user complains that sometimes some of the commands don't execute, as >witnessed by a subsequent job failing because one or more of the volumes >are off line. > > > >Can anyone shed any light on command processing? Is there a limit after >which commands are just thrown away? > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
