Deallocate a switch/control unit port (CUP) address in OPS/MVS Switch Operations Facility (SOF)

Products

• OPS/MVS Event Management & Automation

Issue/Introduction

 
How to deallocate a switch's unit control block (UCB) from a CA OPS/MVS Switch Operations Facility (SOF) when doing maintenance.

 

Environment

 OPS/MVS-Event Management & Automation-for JES2
 

Resolution

Issue the command similar to the example below:

F OPMOFSRV,REMOVE xxxx LOC Exec, where xxxx is the switch to be removed.
 

 

 

Additional Information

From the SOF Server Commands documentation:

REMOVE Command—Closes a Switch
Use the REMOVE command to close and unallocate a switch. This allows the switch to be taken offline, or to be used by another system component. Existing port connectivity is not affected.

This command has the following syntax:
REMove switch
    [GLObal | LOCal] [SYStem=sysspec]

• switch
  Specifies the switch to be closed and unallocated.