> Eventually we found a guest that allowed us to attach the tape, so we
> assune that system had it assigned. We haven't the foggiest why -- that
> system wasn't running anything special.
>
> I gather that CP (or VMTAPE) sends a CCW to the controller to get
> the "assigned elsewhere" informatio
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Could be even more brutal and get 3420 drives.
On Aug 10, 2006, at 12:23 PM, Schuh, Richard wrote:
But the cartridges wouldn't fit.
He *did* say "brutal."
Adam
But the cartridges wouldn't fit.
Regards,
Richard Schuh
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Don Angle here pointed out that the VARY OFF GLOBAL won't work if the
system that holds the ASSIGN is down. We think the ASSIGN bit gets reset
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when the system is IPLed, but not before.
Is this correct?
Th
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Don Angle here pointed out that the VARY OFF GLOBAL won't work if the=20
system that holds the ASSI
Then there is the brute force method of IMLing the control unit.
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I tried both the VARY OFF/ON and RESET ASSIGN ON RDEV but neither seem
to
do anything if issued from a system other than where the A
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I am informed that this particular case was NOT caused by CA-BAB. (We
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had other cases.) We don't know what was the cause.
z/OS isn't relevent here, though we have had similar error messages=20
involving sha
It sounds like I have a requirement here.
1. I don't just want to turn off the ASSIGN bit, I want to know who turne
d it on. That seems like a
requirement for basic problem determination.
2. There is no QUERY command that shows ASSIGN status for a tape drive. I
could automate
running a QUERY
an Ackerman
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I am informed that this particular case was NOT caused by CA-BAB. (We
hav=
e
had other cases.) We don't know what was the cause.
z/OS isn't relevent here, tho
I am informed that this particular case was NOT caused by CA-BAB. (We hav
e
had other cases.) We don't know what was the cause.
z/OS isn't relevent here, though we have had similar error messages
involving sharing with z/OS at other times.
We have 3 VM systems, and 10 guests, involved. We issu
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That's a joke, right? MIM thought the drive was free, or it would not
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assigned it to VMDEV2.
Jim Bohnsack
Cornell Univ.
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That's a joke, right? MIM thought the drive was free, or it would not
hav=
e
assigned it to VMDEV2.
, 2006 12:59 PM
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Subject: Re: Who has the tape drive ASSIGNed?
That's a joke, right? MIM thought the drive was free, or it would not
have
assigned it to VMDEV2.
If you are not an intended recipient of this e
That's a joke, right? MIM thought the drive was free, or it would not hav
e
assigned it to VMDEV2.
Simple solution - vary it off to MIM and all MVS systems.
Regards,
Richard Schuh
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Is there any command to tell you which LPAR has a tape drive assigned?
Problem report:
"This morning when I was checking the tapes on the different systems, I
found that VMBACKUP on VMDEV2 was stuck. I found there was a problem with
drive 366. There was a mount pending for VMBACKUP. I put all
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