The DEDICATE will fail if the OSA addresses are either offline, either already attached to some other guest.
That's why I say that you should try to know what's the status is of 500 and 501 when TCPIP doesn't start. 2011/4/14 <ssda...@jerusalem.muni.il> > > *Hi * > *The addresses are dedicated in the directory.* > > *USER TCPIP **xxxxxx** 32M 128M ABG* > * MACH ESA* > * OPTION QUICKDSP DIAG98 SVMSTAT APPLMON MAXCONN 1024* > * SHARE ABSOLUTE 15%* > * IPL CMS* > * IUCV ALLOW* > * IUCV ANY PRIORITY* > * IUCV *CCS PRIORITY MSGLIMIT 255* > * DEDICATE 0500 0500* > * DEDICATE 0501 0501* > > > *David* > > *From:* The IBM z/VM Operating System > [mailto:IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU<IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU>] > *On Behalf Of *Kris Buelens > *Sent:* Thursday, April 14, 2011 11:17 AM > *To:* IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU > *Subject:* Re: starting tcpip > > Are you sure that TCPIP gets its OSA addresses attached after that VM > start? (I can imagine for example that during the IPL the OSA addresses > 500-501 are attached at some other guest, preventing TCPIP from getting > them). > 2011/4/14 <*ssda...@jerusalem.muni.il* <ssda...@jerusalem.muni.il>> > Hi list > I have a consistent problem starting TCPIP after a VM cold start. > As far as I can understand it's about initializing the OSA connection (cuu > = 500-501) > > I get > DTCPC3080I PCCA3 initializing: > DTCPRI385I Device LCS1: > DTCPRI386I Type: LCS, Status: Not started > DTCPRI387I Envelope queue size: 0 > DTCPRI388I Address: 0500 > DTCPC3045E PCCA3 device LCS1: Error getting XA subchan id for 0000500 or > 00000501 > > DTCPC3082E PCCA3 shutting down: > DTCPRI385I Device LCS1: > DTCPRI386I Type: LCS, Status: No status available > DTCPRI387I Envelope queue size: 0 > DTCPRI388I Address: 0500 > > > I then bring down TCPIP and bring it up again and it works . > > What's going on ? > > Thanks > David Sosnovitch > City of Jerusalem, Israel > > > > > -- > Kris Buelens, > IBM Belgium, VM customer support > > -- Kris Buelens, IBM Belgium, VM customer support