Ditto, even if the devices are OFFLINE to the z/OS (or other) systems they can still be assigned (don't ask me how, I'm not a z/OS guy....).
Have your z/OS (or other) systems all UNASSIGN the device AND vary it offline. -Mike -----Original Message----- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Schuh, Richard Sent: Friday, May 09, 2008 11:25 AM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: IPL of cart failed We ran into a similar situation when trying to IPL a tape in a new datacenter. The tell in our case was that the first unit exception, indicating a tape mark had been read (this was a standard label tape, so 3 ipls were necessary to load the DDR program), never occurred. The drive was offline to the MVS systems, but still assigned to MIM. This prevented the IPL sequence from starting. Regards, Richard Schuh > -----Original Message----- > From: The IBM z/VM Operating System > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Marcy Cortes > Sent: Friday, May 09, 2008 5:20 AM > To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU > Subject: Re: IPL of cart failed > > > I'd make sure *all* of the other LPARs have it varied off, > not just not using it at the moment. It may be assigned to > one of them - esp. if you are using something like MIM where > MVS talks amongst itself to share things. > > 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 Graeme Moss > Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2008 9:16 PM > To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU > Subject: [IBMVM] IPL of cart failed > > G'day Listers, > > When trying to ipl a CA HiDRO stand alone restore cart at a > new data centre (for VM) the ipl of the cart failed. The > person in charge said this had happened before when trying to > ipl a Linux system install cart as well. > > The other lpars are running MVS. > > From the Problem Analysis screen on the HMC Problem > description - The load control unit or device is busy. > Corrective Action - The load control unit and device may be > shared by another system. Try the load operation again. If > the problem continues, select Service. > > Can any-one offer remedies > > Thanks > Graeme >
