On Wednesday, 07/19/2006 at 11:32 ZE2, Shimon Lebowitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I've never run into a case where order of starting the LINKs > > gave problems. BTW, the first TCp/IP was at Z/VM 4.4 level and > > the second was as Z/VM 5.2 level. (It took me a while to notice > > the syntax in the 5.2 Gateway statement had changed.)
The Gateway statement syntax only changed if you wanted to change it. It tolerates the old-style syntax just as well (though it does issue a message). > I will leave the TCPIP problems to others more knowledgeable. That's an issue for the Support Center. There is no requirement to start links in any particular order. > > Is there a command to stop a DEVICE so you can reissue a START again > > without restarting TCP/IP? Z/OS TCP/IP has a VARY command for this > > sort of thing. > > Yup. the 2 commands you want are.... STOP and START. > You use an OBEYFILE to run them. How quaint. :-) Try NETSTAT OBEY STOP <devname> and NETSTAT OBEY START <devname>. Alan Altmark z/VM Development IBM Endicott
