Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!umich!samsung!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uwm.edu!psuvax1!psuvm!GSUVM1!SYSKEC From: SYSKEC@GSUVM1.BITNET Newsgroups: bit.listserv.ibm-main Subject: Device Allocation Message-ID: Date: 7 Feb 90 21:25:02 GMT Sender: IBM Mainframe Discussion list Reply-To: IBM Mainframe Discussion list Lines: 30 Approved: NETNEWS@PSUVM Gateway Here is the situation: MVS/XA 2.2.0 & JES 2.1.5 1 3420 online 7 offline The online 3420 is allocated to Job A Job B starts and needs 1 3420 IEF238D ... REPLY DEVICE NAME,'WAIT', OR 'CANCEL Reply WAIT IEF433d ... REPLY 'HOLD' or 'NOHOLD' Reply HOLD Vary another 3420 online Job C starts - A 1 step job that writes to a 3420 The mount message never comes up RMFWDM shows that JOB C is waiting exclusively for resource SYSIEFSD.Q4 and that Job B owns it shared When Job A completes Job B and Job C mount messages appear I understand Job B is waiting on Job A's 3420, but I don't understand/like Job C waiting. This is repeatable and does not happen if the replyto IEF433D is NOHOLD. I do have a sneaking suspicion that the answer to all this is 'works as designed', but I have'nt found any documentation admitting it. Keith Campbell SYSKEC@GSUVM1.BITNET Ga. State University Systems Programming