3490 mount POD display problem?
Our tape operators are saying that there are times when the flashing M on the 3490's display is not there. The volser is there, but without the flashing M, they believe that the tape is mounted. Has anybody else had this problem on z/OS 1.6? Apparently this is an intermittent problem, not a hard failure. But it does cause definate problems to them since they watch the 3490 displays more than the z/OS console. Oh, no hits that looked reasonable on IBMLink that I could find. Not that that means much of anything. -- John McKown Senior Systems Programmer UICI Insurance Center Information Technology This message (including any attachments) contains confidential information intended for a specific individual and purpose, and its content is protected by law. If you are not the intended recipient, you should delete this message and are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, or distribution of this transmission, or taking any action based on it, is strictly prohibited. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: 3490 mount POD display problem?
I believe there are two separate components that can issue the CCW command which causes the display on the 3490 tape drive. Allocation: 5752SC1B4 Open/Close/EOV: 5695DF107 Here's what I would do: Try to get specific examples of mounts where the message is missing. Were they associated with mount message IEF233A - that's Alocation. Were they associated with IEC501A - that's Open/Close/EOV. If you find that all examples the operators come up with are Allocation, open a PMR with Allocation. If Open/Close/EOV, then OCE. If both, then perhaps it might be a hardware problem. Just a suggestion - hope it helps! Brian On Thu, 23 Mar 2006 08:45:01 -0600, McKown, John [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Our tape operators are saying that there are times when the flashing M on the 3490's display is not there. The volser is there, but without the flashing M, they believe that the tape is mounted. Has anybody else had this problem on z/OS 1.6? Apparently this is an intermittent problem, not a hard failure. But it does cause definate problems to them since they watch the 3490 displays more than the z/OS console. Oh, no hits that looked reasonable on IBMLink that I could find. Not that that means much of anything. -- John McKown -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: 3490 mount POD display problem?
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brian Peterson Sent: Thursday, March 23, 2006 10:04 AM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: 3490 mount POD display problem? I believe there are two separate components that can issue the CCW command which causes the display on the 3490 tape drive. Allocation: 5752SC1B4 Open/Close/EOV: 5695DF107 Here's what I would do: Try to get specific examples of mounts where the message is missing. Were they associated with mount message IEF233A - that's Alocation. Were they associated with IEC501A - that's Open/Close/EOV. If you find that all examples the operators come up with are Allocation, open a PMR with Allocation. If Open/Close/EOV, then OCE. If both, then perhaps it might be a hardware problem. Just a suggestion - hope it helps! Brian Thanks. Too bad our tape operators tend to get the deer in the head lights look when you try to talk techie to them. I cannot blame them, tho. We are planning to eliminate the position of tape operator completely (ATL + VTS replacing them). All the current tape operators will be print operators only (they are dual purpose right now), so nobody will be let go (like people were trying to get away?). -- John McKown Senior Systems Programmer UICI Insurance Center Information Technology This message (including any attachments) contains confidential information intended for a specific individual and purpose, and its content is protected by law. If you are not the intended recipient, you should delete this message and are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, or distribution of this transmission, or taking any action based on it, is strictly prohibited. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: 3490 mount POD display problem?
Could you simply ask them to give you a list of VOLSERs where the M did not appear? Then, you could look up the associated message number in SYSLOG yourself. That's really what I meant, anyway Brian On Thu, 23 Mar 2006 10:12:24 -0600, McKown, John [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brian Peterson Sent: Thursday, March 23, 2006 10:04 AM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: 3490 mount POD display problem? I believe there are two separate components that can issue the CCW command which causes the display on the 3490 tape drive. Allocation: 5752SC1B4 Open/Close/EOV: 5695DF107 Here's what I would do: Try to get specific examples of mounts where the message is missing. Were they associated with mount message IEF233A - that's Alocation. Were they associated with IEC501A - that's Open/Close/EOV. If you find that all examples the operators come up with are Allocation, open a PMR with Allocation. If Open/Close/EOV, then OCE. If both, then perhaps it might be a hardware problem. Just a suggestion - hope it helps! Brian Thanks. Too bad our tape operators tend to get the deer in the head lights look when you try to talk techie to them. I cannot blame them, tho. We are planning to eliminate the position of tape operator completely (ATL + VTS replacing them). All the current tape operators will be print operators only (they are dual purpose right now), so nobody will be let go (like people were trying to get away?). -- John McKown -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: 3490 mount POD display problem?
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brian Peterson Sent: Thursday, March 23, 2006 10:19 AM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: 3490 mount POD display problem? Could you simply ask them to give you a list of VOLSERs where the M did not appear? Then, you could look up the associated message number in SYSLOG yourself. That's really what I meant, anyway Brian Hum, that sounds doable. I'm a bit slow today, I guess. -- John McKown Senior Systems Programmer UICI Insurance Center Information Technology This message (including any attachments) contains confidential information intended for a specific individual and purpose, and its content is protected by law. If you are not the intended recipient, you should delete this message and are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, or distribution of this transmission, or taking any action based on it, is strictly prohibited. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
