On Thu, 12 Apr 2007 14:57:13 -0400, Knutson, Sam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hi, > >I am trying to determine if an OFFLINE volume exists without trying to >VARY it on-line. <snip> >What remains contains some volumes which appear valid on z/OS until you >try to VARY them on-line. > <snip> > >VARY /302C,ONLINE >IEE103I UNIT 302C NOT BROUGHT ONLINE >IEE763I NAME= IOSCCMSG CODE= 000000080000002A >IOS291I CONFIGURATION DATA COULD NOT BE READ ON PATH(302C,A8) RC=2A > INVALID CDR DATA FOR A PAV-BASE > <snip> > > >I have looked at the z/OS display commands and CA-SYSVIEW and CA-OPSMVS >commands but I cannot find what would tell me this won't work till I try >it. > >Any ideas? It sounds like this is an over-genned device. Does it exist in your hardware? If this is the case, I think the only thing you can do is change your IODF to match what is really there. Mark -- Mark Zelden Sr. Software and Systems Architect - z/OS Team Lead Zurich North America / Farmers Insurance Group: G-ITO mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] z/OS and OS390 expert at http://searchDataCenter.com/ateExperts/ Systems Programming expert at http://expertanswercenter.techtarget.com/ Mark's MVS Utilities: http://home.flash.net/~mzelden/mvsutil.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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