RE: Problems with remote devices...

["Andy Nolen-Parkhouse" <aparkhouse@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Chuck,

I would check your mode descriptions (WRKMODD) against the V4R1
defaults.  They may have changed and no longer match the corresponding
entries on your remote devices.  Because you are using IBM-supplied
modes, they may have changed during your upgrade.  Or the default mode
for a particular function may have changed.

Andy Nolen-Parkhouse

> -----Original Message-----
> From: midrange-l-admin@midrange.com
[mailto:midrange-l-admin@midrange.com]
> On Behalf Of Chuck Lewis
> Sent: Monday, November 05, 2001 8:21 AM
> To: Midrange-L List
> Subject: Problems with remote devices...
>
> Hi Folks,
>
> FINALLY went from V4R1 to V4R5 this weekend and it went very well and
> pretty fast !
> After we came up it appeared everything was OK.
>
> NOW I see that we have some devices at remote locations (network is
> Frame Relay, TCP/IP, Ethernet, Perle Control Units, Cisco Routers)
that
> are not working. An example of the error message I am getting:
>
> Session start request failed for device MA03 on controller MA010RMT00.
> (CPF9366)
>
> Message ID . . . . . . :   CPF9366       Severity . . . . . . . :
> 40       Message type . . . . . :
> Diagnostic                                        Date sent  . . . . .
.
> :   11/05/01      Time sent  . . . . . . :
> 07:54:39
> Message . . . . :   Session start request failed for device MA03 on
> controller
> MA010RMT00.
> Cause . . . . . :   The request to start a session for a device MA03
> on        controller MA010RMT00 using mode QRMTWSC on APPC device
MA0102
> failed. This  is a possible configuration
> problem.                                       Recovery  . . . :   The
> Mode QRMTWSC might be incorrect. Compare the active    number of
> sessions with the configured session limit of mode QRMTWSC
> (DSPMODSTS command). If they are equal, increase the maximum
> sessions        (MAXSSN) parameter of the mode description (CHGMODD
> command). Make sure the  maximum sessions (MAXSSN) and maximum
> conversations (MAXCNV) parameters are  at least one greater than the
> number of devices attached to controller       MA010RMT00. The locally
> controlled sessions (LCLCTLSSN) should be equal to
>    or greater than the number of devices attached to controller
> MA010RMT00.        There might be a problem in the APPN
> network.                                 Correct the problem and the
> system will retry activation.                 Technical description .
.
> . . . . . . :   The request to start a new session    failed with
> Systems Network Architecture (SNA) sense code X'00000000'. A
sense
> code of 00000000 indicates that there is no sense code for this error
> Descriptions of SNA sense codes are available in the IBM SNA
> Formats,         GA27-3136 and in the APPN Support book,
> SC41-5407.                              Check the QSYSOPR message
queue
> for message CPP1236. This message can       provide additional
> information about the failure.
>
> I have NO idea why this would happen or what V4R5 would have changed -
> anyone ?
>
> This includes one site completely down but I can ping the router AND
> control unit with NO PROBLEMS...
> And another site that has the MAJORITY of devices working except for
> about 4 or 5.
>
> All devices in both situations had LEFT hand cursor too !!
>
> And at the site with most devices working, deleting one of the failed
> decives and waiting a couple of minutes - the system recreates the
> device and I get the SAME message for this newly created device !
Really
> weird !
>
> Thanks !
>
> Chuck
>
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