Re: WRKOPTVOL shows phantom volume

[DrFranken <midrange@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Let 'em have it Rob!!

We fight this all the time!. The workaround seems to be to create a 
device with the name opt02 and mount another disk in there. Then unmount it.

IBM is aware of this issue but isn't so keen on fixing it because there 
is a workaround.

        - Larry "DrFranken" Bolhuis

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On 12/8/2015 3:17 PM, rob@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

> I do a WRKOPTVOL and I am seeing:
>                            Volume        Media     Authorization
> Volume        Device      Type          Type          List
> I_BASE_01     OPT02       *PRIMARY      *DVD-ROM   QOPTSEC
>
> There is no such volume loaded.
> This rack has but one physical DVD and it has the B_GROUP_1 loaded in it
> right now.
>
> 4=Remove
> OPT1331 - Optical volume I_BASE_01 not found.
>
> 9=Delete
> RMVOPTCTG ?*VOL('I_BASE_01')
> OPT1331 - Optical volume I_BASE_01 not found.
>
> 5=Display
> DSPOPT ?*VOL('I_BASE_01')
>         ??OUTPUT(*N)
> OPT1331 - Optical volume I_BASE_01 not found.
>
> WRKCFGSTS CFGTYPE(*DEV) CFGD(OPT02)
> 2=Vary off
> Still shows up on WRKOPTVOL
> I can delete OPT02 and it still shows up on OPT02 in WRKOPTVOL
> I can rebuild it and it's still there.
>
>
>
>
> Rob Berendt