A question or two. Did you wait long enough when the IXC409D was produced? The system continues and will process the response when entered. Cross-system coupling facility (XCF) tries to restart the signaling path. If XCF restores connectivity, the message will be deleted before it is answered. If XCF cannot fully restore connectivity between the two systems, the system issues message IXC409D again.
Did you see any other IXC message? IXC402D or IXC102A, XCF signaling connectivity to the removed system is no longer relevant and the system deletes the message. Could you post the RSP to the IXC409D you entered? And any additional messages that occurred after that? Not sure what is going on at this point. So, the worst case scenario would be a sysplex wide COLD start. All LPARs down, then one up with INITIAL, the rest JOIN. But that is not necessarily what is needed, just what might be the very worst thing that might need to be done. Nice webpage with XCF Commands summary http://www.oocities.org/smtwango/MAINFRAME/MFCOMMANDS/sysplexcmd.html Thanks Lizette > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] > On Behalf Of Crabtree, Anne D > Sent: Sunday, July 12, 2015 9:18 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: XCF HELP! > > For the first time ever, when shutting down an LPAR in a sysplex, I forgot to > issue the V XCF,lparname,OFF! > > Now, I can't get that LPAR to join the sysplex. Luckily, the important LPAR is > up. The second LPAR is supposed to be in a sysplex and I am the only one > using it. It currently has z/os 2.1 running on it. > > I keep getting error: > IXC409D > SIGNAL PATHS BETWEEN sysname1 AND sysname2 ARE LOST. REPLY RETRY > OR SYSNAME=SYSNAME OF THE SYSTEM TO BE REMOVED. > > I've tried to RETRY and to give it SYSNAME that's down, but nothing helps! > I'm sure there's some SETXCF command I need to do, but I've never done > this before so I'm unsure. > > I put a question in to IBM but won't hear back till tomorrow. It would be nice > if someone is out there and can help me!! > > Anne D. Crabtree > System Programmer > WV Office of Technology Data Center > 1900 Kanawha Blvd East > Bldg 6, Room B-110 > Charleston, WV 25305 > (304)957-8292 > (304)558-1441 fax > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
