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NOTAVAILABLE or Externally DEDICATED Devices Are Appearing In The Offline Device List

Possible Cause:

TPCF includes these devices on the offline device list if no other device is available and SETOPTION AUTOREPLY=(NOWAIT=(EXTDEDDISP=YES,NOTAVLDISP=YES)). TPCF includes externally DEDICATED devices first; TPCF includes NOTAVAILABLE devices only if there are no externally DEDICATED devices.

Solution:

For information about how TPCF handles not-available and dedicated devices during allocation recovery, see the chapter “Advanced Topics.”