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How You Change the Status of Managed Devices (VARY)

You can use the z/OS or CA MIA VARY command to vary devices online or offline through the MIMSYNCH member of the CA MIM parameter data set or from a console. If a special CA MIA status (such as NOT AVAILABLE, AVAILABLE, OVERGENNED, NOT OVERGENNED, JOB RESERVED, or EXTERNALLY DEDICATED) is to be given to a device, you must use a CA MIA VARY command because the z/OS VARY command does not support these statuses. The same is true when using a scope value on the VARY command such as GLOBAL, LOCAL, system ID, or EXTERNAL. Use the command prefix or z/OS MODIFY command when issuing CA MIA VARY commands from MIMSYNCH or a console.