IEA468I WRITE INHIBITED PATH (dev,chp) ENCOUNTERED SENSE=sense
Explanation
The system tried to issue I/O to a device through
a path that was write inhibited. In the message text:
- dev
- The device number.
- chp
- The channel path identifier (CHPID).
- sense
- The 32 characters of sense data reported by the device.
xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx
System action
The system varies the path offline. If additional paths are available, the system retries the failing I/O on another path to the same device.
Operator response
If the error persists, do the following:
- Enter the following: to vary the path offline, assuming that the
path is online but not allocated:
VARY PATH(dev,cc),OFFLINE, UNCOND - After hardware support corrects the problem, submit a job to run an ICKDSF CONTROL command to reset the fenced condition to one of the devices attached to the fenced interface.
- If no online paths remain to the device, do the following:
- VARY FORCE the devices attached to the interface offline.
- Cancel all jobs that are using the device.
- Vary online at least one path to the device.
- Vary the device online, making sure that no jobs allocate the pack.
- Enter an ICKDSF CONTROL WRITEALLOW command, directing it to one device attached to the failing interface.
- Vary online all paths that the system varied offline.
- If paths remain online, do the following:
- Enter an ICKDSF CONTROL WRITEALLOW command, directing it to one device attached to the failing interface.
- Vary online all paths that the system varied offline.
Source
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