Even IBM support still believes that. When sent a AskQ they replied that I needed to change the IOdevices to BCTC. :-(
I've replied with the excerpt from the book. I'm waiting to see what they say today. On Fri, Mar 7, 2008 at 6:04 AM, Zaromil Tisler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, 6 Mar 2008 13:54:36 -0500, Mark Pace wrote: > > >From z/OS 1.9 MVS:Planning Global Resource Serialization. > > > >These links can be either a data link in a parallel CTC adapter. In ring > >mode, "link" or "CTC link" means either an IBM 3088 data link, a parallel > >CTC adapter, or an ESCON(R) channel operating in CTC or basic mode, or > FCTC. > > > Maybe the GRS doesn't know that yet <g>. According to ISG046E explanation > (System Messages Volume 9, SA22-7639-14): > > <snip> > System programmer response: If the reason code is X'05', check to see if > the > device is configured as a BCTC. If the device is configured as a SCTC, GRS > cannot use it. If possible, try to reconfigure the device as a BCTC. > <snip> > > -- > Zaromil > -- Mark Pace Mainline Information Systems ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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