On Friday, 06/02/2006 at 03:03 EST, "Huegel, Thomas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am on 5.2 and if the IMMED worked I would be pleased as punch, but low and > behold it just tells me this.. > force vseabcd immed > HCPUSO361E LOGOFF/FORCE pending for user VSEABCD > > over and over and over again.
The only difference between FORCE and FORCE IMMED is whether or not CP delivers a shutdown signal to the guest (if it registered to receive them) and then waits for the guest to turn itself off. LOGOFF/FORCE pendings are also fodder for the Support Center. As to *why* this problem occurs, CP does not have "threads" in the traditional sense. It operates as a finite state machine. A FORCE doesn't really force things. Rather, it tells the system that a logoff is to be done at the system's earliest convenience. If another part of CP has previously said "I'm messing with this user - don't log him off right now", then the user goes into logoff/force pending. If that other part of CP has lost his dwarves, his wizard, or his way, then the condition never clears. And it is rarely an I/O problem these days. Alan Altmark z/VM Development IBM Endicott
