I only asked for a tape but both showed up! Good though about trying to read the tape later. I'll give that a try even though we did run a fatar on the tape with no problems.
Bobby Bauer Center for Information Technology National Institutes of Health Bethesda, MD 20892-5628 301-594-7474 -----Original Message----- From: Phil Tully [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2007 12:38 PM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: Tape IPL failure Bobby, I'm glad you got past your issue, I'm surprised you received both tape and DVD for install... One question after you get z/VM installed can you test that tape again. Just to see if it was a tape issue. regards Phil Tully Bauer, Bobby (NIH/CIT) [E] wrote: >We gave up on the tape IPL and did the install from DVD. > >Bobby Bauer >Center for Information Technology >National Institutes of Health >Bethesda, MD 20892-5628 >301-594-7474 > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Bill Munson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2007 3:42 PM >To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU >Subject: Re: Tape IPL failure > >Bobby, > >I am on my way out the door soon, but a couple of quick questions. > >Are you using the integrated 3270 console for your installation? >Is the tape drive online to that LPAR? >Are the packs online to that LPAR? >On the LOAD panel did you use the Load address of your tape drive? >Did you use a Load parameter of CNSLSCLP or SYSG ? > >good luck > >Bill Munson >VM System Programmer >Office of Information Technology >State of New Jersey >(609) 984-4065 > >President MVMUA >http://www.marist.edu/~mvmua > > > >Bauer, Bobby (NIH/CIT) [E] wrote: > > >>Hi list, we just received our z/VM trial tape and are having a bit of >> >> >a > > >>problem IPLing it. We have a z9 BC machine with an IFL. When we IPL >> >> >the > > >>tape we get either a device or controller busy message or a timeout >>message. We made sure the devices and chpds for the tape was offline >> >> >to > > >>the other systems. There are 4 z/OS lpars running on the machine >>utilizing the 3 general purpose engines. The tape and dasd are shared. >>We made sure the tape was OK by running FATAR from the same drive we >>were trying to IPL from. >> >> >> >>Any suggestions? >> >>Thanks >> >>Bobby Bauer >>Center for Information Technology >>National Institutes of Health >>Bethesda, MD 20892-5628 >>301-594-7474 >> >> >> >> >> > > > -- 'in media stat virtus' Virtue's in the middle
