Mainframe, MVS and zOS Discussion

Posted: **Sat Nov 28, 2015 10:19 pm**

Hello All
I want to connect to a 3590 Tape System with a A60 controller !

How to Address Tape drive ? and How to connect System z to A60 controller ?
A60 controller Has FICON Attachment ! I connected FICON express 4x to FICON channel on A60 controller !

These are statements that related to 3590 Tape subsystem :

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CHPID PATH=(CSS(0),02),PARTITION=((LPARTEST),(=)),PCHID=150,  *
               TYPE=FC
CHPID PATH=(CSS(0),04),PARTITION=((LPARTEST),(=)),PCHID=151,  *
               TYPE=FC
CNTLUNIT CUNUMBR=0002,PATH=((CSS(0),02,04)),                              *
               UNITADD=((00,004)),UNIT=3590
IODEVICE ADDRESS=(200,004),CUNUMBR=(0002),STADET=Y,UNIT=3590

when i want load stand-alone tape for z/OS IPLing, I have received below hardware message :
(Control unit or device is busy or shared by another system )

While I have only connected only one LPAR to 3590 tape controll unit !

I Attach my 3590 tape subsystem with A60 contoller schema !

Regards
Albert

Posted: **Mon Nov 30, 2015 10:36 am**

Any body ??????????

Posted: **Mon Nov 30, 2015 12:15 pm**

Albert - I personally don't have experience in this field. And a search over the internet too did not help much for this question. I'm trying to reach my contacts over LinkedIn and in office. If I could get something to offer, I'll post it back.

Posted: **Mon Nov 30, 2015 3:49 pm**

Any body ??????????

Yes !!!!!!
Come off it - it was the weekend. Not many people bother checking out the boards on Saturday or Sunday and there are not many people with the experience you require and most of those are probably not members of any mainframe forum.

Also, try and reduce the use of exclamation points (!) - a simple full stop/period (.) will suffice.

Posted: **Fri Dec 04, 2015 9:48 pm**

Thanks !! SOLVED !

Posted: **Fri Dec 04, 2015 9:50 pm**

albert94 wrote:Thanks !! SOLVED !

Great. Glad to hear that.

Can you please share the solution for the benefit of others.

Posted: **Fri Dec 04, 2015 9:57 pm**

Yes !! every thing was OK !! But there was a Connection Problem about FICON port !! I changed PCHID to the correct address and changed the position of tape drive to the assigned address ! and my problem Solved !! thank you (Anuj Dhawan) for your support !

Regards
Albert

Posted: **Fri Dec 04, 2015 10:23 pm**

Thanks for posting what has worked for you, appreciate that.

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