Mainframe Storage

Hi, If you can't use your replication management software (CSM / GDPS) to reset the soft fence state on these volumes, you can use the DSCLI  command "manageckdvol -action sfdisable xxxx-yyyy" where xxxx-yyyy is the volume range you want to unfence. 

Hi, If you can't use your replication management software (CSM / GDPS) to reset the soft fence state on these volumes, you can use the DSCLI  command "manageckdvol -action sfdisable xxxx-yyyy" where xxxx-yyyy is the volume range you want to unfence. 

Hi

For z/OS attached volumes, you can also use ICKDSF jobs to unfence devices. You typically also need to specify the 2107 storage control unit Serial
https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/zos/2.5.0?topic=ilkpprc-subparameters-requestfence

or

https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/zos/2.5.0?topic=op-clearfence-parameter-clear-fence-status

Example:

//*---------------------------------------------               
//* !!!!! ICKDSF UNFENCE CMD !!!!!                             
//*---------------------------------------------               
//STEP0001 EXEC  PGM=ICKDSF,REGION=3000K,PARM='NOREPLYU'       
//SYSPRINT DD  SYSOUT=(*,,1TAB)                                
//SYSIN    DD  *                                               
 CONTROL UNIT(7BB0) SPID CLEARFENCE SERIAL(12345) SCOPE(DEV)   
 CONTROL UNIT(7BB0) SOFT CLEARFENCE SERIAL(12345) SCOPE(DEV)   

Hi, If you can't use your replication management software (CSM / GDPS) to reset the soft fence state on these volumes, you can use the DSCLI  command "manageckdvol -action sfdisable xxxx-yyyy" where xxxx-yyyy is the volume range you want to unfence.