Ding ding! We have a winner! Thanks Phil (yet again). The explicit couple in another COMMAND solved that. (but yeah, in my copious spare time, maybe I'll open a unrestricted vswitch requirement).
Marcy Cortes "This message may contain confidential and/or privileged information. If you are not the addressee or authorized to receive this for the addressee, you must not use, copy, disclose, or take any action based on this message or any information herein. If you have received this message in error, please advise the sender immediately by reply e-mail and delete this message. Thank you for your cooperation." -----Original Message----- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Phil Smith III Sent: Friday, December 07, 2007 2:34 AM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: [IBMVM] VSWITCH bug ? Marcy Cortes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I'll never forget it again like I've done before because I have this >nifty z/VM 5.3 feature in my directory entries: >COMMAND SET VSWITCH TD6VSW1 GRANT &USERID I believe the devices get created BEFORE the command occurs. So the NICDEF happens, does NOT get COUPLEd because the GRANT has not occurred, then the GRANT happens. Try adding an explicit COUPLE *after* the GRANT. This is me guessing, but it would make sense... ...apologies if this is old news; I get the list DIGESTed (burp). ...phsiii