Shimon, Try (if your CP version allows) cp vary offline xxxx-xxxx CP VARY OFFLINE SUBCHANNEL xxxx-xxxx cp vary offline path xx from all CP DELETE RDEV xxxx-xxxx cp vary offline chpid -move- cable and vary online chpid
and maybe VARY ONLINE PATH xx to ALL but I think they'll be there. Gregg "No plan survives execution" [EMAIL PROTECTED] T.IL Sent by: The IBM To z/VM Operating IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU System cc <[EMAIL PROTECTED] ARK.EDU> Subject moving a chpid 02/28/2007 10:42 Please respond to The IBM z/VM Operating System <[EMAIL PROTECTED] ARK.EDU> Hi, We have disks which are mirrored using PPRC to a second DASD box. There are channels connected to the mirror box which we use for running backups of the mirror copies, thus saving down-time. We changed the mirror box last night, so now the mirror copies are on a *different* raid machine. I wanted to move the chpid that connected to the old mirrors, to the new mirrors: 1) vary off all mirror volumes 2) vary off path 82 from all (and also other chpids that went to the old mirror box) 3) vary off chpid 82 4) disconnect the escon chpid that went to the old box and connect in its place the escon that reaches the new mirror box. 5) vary on chpid 82 When I tried to vary on the chpid, I got HCP1282I, which basically seems to mean 'No Virginia, you can NOT move a chpid to a new device'. ("CP has detected that the channel path has been reconnected to a different device"). Do I ***REALLY*** need to reipl to move a chpid??? Thanks!! Shimon (who wants to go home, but the backups wont run tonight if I do)