As a follow-up to this (for those interested), this turned out to be a hardware problem. The HMC's hard drive had crashed and communications was totally messed up. The CE promptly got things under control and I was happy to see:
CFCC4 : HCPMFT2816I LOADING MESSAGE PROCESSOR CFCC4 FROM THE PROCESSOR CONTROL LER. CFCC4 : HCPMFT2817I LOAD COMPLETED FROM THE PROCESSOR CONTROLLER. CFCC4 : HCPMFT2817I NOW STARTING MESSAGE PROCESSOR CFCC4. CFCC4 : 11:36:29 CF0009I Licensed Internal Code - Property of IBM CFCC4 : Coupling facility control code CFCC4 : (C) Copyright IBM Corp 1993,1994,1995,1996,1997 CFCC4 : All rights reserved. CFCC4 : US Government Users Restricted Rights - CFCC4 : Use, duplication or disclosure restricted CFCC4 : by GSA ADP Schedule Contract with IBM Corp. CFCC4 : 11:36:29 CF0280I CFCC Release 15.00, Service Level 00.27 CFCC4 : Built on 12/06/2007 at 13:26:00 CFCC4 : Code Load Features: CFCC4 : Facility Operational Level: 15 CFCC4 : 11:36:29 CF0010I Coupling Facility is active with: CFCC4 : 1 CP CFCC4 : 0 CF Receiver Channels CFCC4 : 0 CF Sender Channels CFCC4 : 172 MB of allocatable storage Thanks to those who offered their advice on this! Dave Booher Quest Software ======================= From: David Booher <david.boo...@quest.com> To: IBMVM@listserv.uark.edu Date: 09/06/2011 12:25 Subject: Re: Question regarding zVM and CF when running in a LPAR Sent by: The IBM z/VM Operating System <IBMVM@listserv.uark.edu> 09:40:56 XAUTOLOG CFCC4 09:40:56 COMMAND ACCEPTED 09:40:56 AUTO LOGON *** CFCC4 USERS = 16 BY OPERATOR CFCC4 : HCPMFT2816I LOADING MESSAGE PROCESSOR CFCC4 FROM THE PROCESSOR CONTROL LER. 09:43:32 SEND CFCC4 HELP CFCC4 : HCPPCX6531E THE OPERATING SYSTEM WILL NOT ACCEPT COMMANDS FROM THE SERVICE PROCESSOR. CFCC4 : HCPMFT2814E THE REQUEST TO LOAD CFCC4 FROM THE PROCESSOR CONTROLLER DID NOT COMPLETE IN THE ALLOTTED TIME. CFCC4 : HCPMFT260E IPL COMMAND PROCESSING CANNOT COMPLETE DUE TO ERRORS. Dave Booher Quest Software The information contained in this e-mail and any accompanying documents may contain information that is confidential or otherwise protected from disclosure. If you are not the intended recipient of this message, or if this message has been addressed to you in error, please immediately alert the sender by reply e-mail and then delete this message, including any attachments. Any dissemination, distribution or other use of the contents of this message by anyone other than the intended recipient is strictly prohibited. All messages sent to and from this e-mail address may be monitored as permitted by applicable law and regulations to ensure compliance with our internal policies and to protect our business. E-mails are not secure and cannot be guaranteed to be error free as they can be intercepted, amended, lost or destroyed, or contain viruses. You are deemed to have accepted these risks if you communicate with us by e-mail.
