NETVIEW automation (I assume that you are using IBM SA) is probably chaining off some message in the message table. You need to look at the messages that are being trapped and compare them to The messages that are being sent to the console at the time the printers are DRAINED. There may be some other problems with SA which is why it is not restarting the printers - Like timers getting deleted, auotops in use, clist errors, etc. You need to check the Netview logs for any errors at the time the DRAIN occurs to see why the processing is not getting done.
-----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Chokalingam Thangavelu Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2011 8:46 AM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Re: Remote printers are Drained We are using PSF software to print mainframe reports to the remote printers. The printers will become DRAINED after printing the reports and NETVIEW automation will restart the printers. But some printers are not getting restarted by NETVIEW during morning hours and rest of the time its working fine. Regards, Chokalingam Thangavelu -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Barkow, Eileen Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2011 1:27 PM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Re: Remote printers are Drained DRAINED is a status used by VPS. Printers may go into DRAINED/EDRAINED status following an error, which is Shown in the VPS log. -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Elardus Engelbrecht Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2011 2:56 AM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Re: Remote printers are Drained Chokalingam Thangavelu wrote: >We have got many remote printers are configured to mainframe via TCPIP address. With what? Are you using a output writer scraping data from JES2/3 or is it something which accepts output from STCs? How are those printers connected via TCP/IP to your system? Via a pool of IP addreses or assigned LUs? >Fort the past 2 weeks we are getting lot of cases that these printers are becoming DRAINED after printing the reports instead of becoming INACTIVE. All of them? Some of them? Only after certain jobs/output? How do you see the status of those printers? Did you do an upgrade or change somewhere? What level of z/OS and TCP/IP are you using? >Please let me know what could have gone wrong. A lot, all the way from the output generators, through the data carriers up to the printers themselves, but then you gave too few information. See also Linda's response too. Groete / Greetings Elardus Engelbrecht ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 Please do not print this email unless it is absolutely necessary. The information contained in this electronic message and any attachments to this message are intended for the exclusive use of the addressee(s) and may contain proprietary, confidential or privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient, you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail. Please notify the sender immediately and destroy all copies of this message and any attachments. WARNING: Computer viruses can be transmitted via email. The recipient should check this email and any attachments for the presence of viruses. The company accepts no liability for any damage caused by any virus transmitted by this email. www.wipro.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
