RRN 07996 PERIPHERAL SERVICE ROUTINES

AHEJWN06

Message Triggering Condition

Result of the execution of the following commands:
CRN 08335 CLEAR-PARTIT
CRN 08336 CONFIRM-CLEAR-PARTIT

After the clear job and after the first result report, the clear job must be confirmed or cancelled. After that confirmation the final report will follow.

Report Layout

PERIPHERAL SERVICE ROUTINES
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     |(A).......................                           (B).................
     |-------------------------------------------------------------------------
      LDEV     = (1).....
      CNTRLTYP = (2)....
      (3)............................................................
      IOS-MAINCODE : (4).......
      IOS-SUBCODE  : (5)......................................
            GENERATION-
      NB    DATE  +  TIME          PARTITION-ID         EXCHANGE-ID    SW-STAT
      -- ------------------- ------------------------ ---------------- --------
      (6) (7)....... (8)..... (9).....................(10)............(11)....
  REPORT REFERENCE NUMBER = 7996

Parameter Identification

Par. No. Meaning Remarks
(A) command name
(B) main execution result
(1) Logical device Refer to SI 069
(2) Control type Is only displayed in the final
report
CANCEL Cancel delete job
CONFIRM Confirm delete job
(3) Additional result Refer to EVALUATION
(4) I/O main code
(5) I/O sub code Refer to EVALUATION
(6) Partition number
(7) Generation date Creation date, if it is a backup
(8) Generation time Creation time, if it is a backup
(9) Partition identification
(10) Exchange identification
(11) Software status

Evaluation

Key Parameter Contents / Meaning Action
1 2 3
(B) NOT SUCCESSFUL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(3) ANOTHER CLEAR PARTITION REQUEST IS STILL PENDING . I
(3) ANOTHER CLEAR PARTITION REQUEST WAITS FOR CONFIRM A
(3) CLEAR PARTITION REQUEST CANCELLED BY THE OPERATOR Z
(3) COMMUNICATION FAILURE WITH MATE PROCESSOR . . . . E
(3) DISK DEVICE NOT AVAILABLE . . . . . . . . . . . . C
(3) NO CLEAR PARTITION REQUEST IS PENDING . . . . . . Z
(3) NO CONFIRM COMMAND WAS ENTERED IN TIME . . . . . . K
(3) PARTITION IS CLEARED, ALL FILES ARE DEALLOCATED . Z
(3) SELECTED DATA LOAD PARTITION IS NOT PRESENT . . . A
(3) SELECTED PARTITION IS CURRENTLY IN USE FOR BACKUP I
(3) SPECIFIED PARTITION IS WRITE-PROTECTED . . . . . . J
(3) WHOLE OPTICAL DISK IS WRITE PROTECTED . . . . . . L
(3) WRONG LOGICAL DEVICE IDENTITY SPECIFIED, REPEAT CONFIRM COMMAND A
(5) HARDWARE FAILURE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F
(5) I/O OFFSET MAP DESTROYED . . . . . . . . . . . . . G
(5) I/O VOLUME UNFORMATTED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H
(5) ILLEGAL ACCESS ATTEMPT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G
(5) ILLEGAL DEVICE IDENTITY . . . . . . . . . . . . . A
(5) LOGICAL DEVICE NOT PRESENT . . . . . . . . . . . . A
(5) OVERLOAD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D
(5) PARTITION PROTECTED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J
(5) PROCESSOR-INITIALISATION IN PROGRESS . . . . . . . F
(5) SOFTWARE FAILURE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G
(5) TIME OUT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D
(5) VOLUME NOT MOUNTED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B
(5) VOLUME NOT PRESENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B
(B) SUCCESSFUL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Z
(B) WAITS FOR CONFIRM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . M
(B) WARNING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Z

Action Description

Action Meaning
A Check the input data. If necessary, correct the input data and re-submit the job.
B Insert the volume and mount it.
C Initialize the affected disk or if necessary any higher SBL and re-submit the job.
D Re-submit the job after a while.
E The affected control element is in restart or reload status. Pay attention to the error messages and after successfully initialization, re-submit the job.
F Pay attention to the error message. If necessary re-submit the job or cause a fault clearing. After successfully fault clearing re-submit the job.
G Special fault clearing by a system specialist.
H Use another formatted optical disk or format this optical disk.
I Wait till the previous job is ended. Re-submit the job.
J The job was not executed, because of write protection. If allowed, switch off the write protection and re-submit the job.
K The job was not executed, because the confirmation command was not entered in time. Re-submit the job and confirm within 3 minutes with CONFIRM-CLEAR-PARTIT. In case of ATOM, confirm "Clear partition" with "Confirm clear partition".
L The job was not executed, because of hardware write protection. If allowed unmount the optical disk, remove the optical disk out of the device and switch off the hardware write protection. Insert the optical disk, mount and re-submit the job.

Note: A 600 MB optical disk (capacity of 2*300 MB) in a 2.6 GB drive is always write protected.

M Confirm the job with CONFIRM-CLEAR-PARTIT within 3 minutes. In case of ATOM, confirm "Clear partition" with "Confirm clear partition".
Z NO action is necessary.