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How You Troubleshoot INMC Links

For any given pair of regions with defined links, establishing a connection is automatic once there is a path to each region through the network.

If a link cannot be activated, check the following:

• Has each region been defined to the other? If not, see your systems administrator.
• Does a SHOW LINK display in either region have a link status of PEND-ACT? If so, check that both regions are active, and check the status of the appropriate VTAM cross-region resource managers and resources.
• Does a SHOW LINK display in one region indicate a link status of ACTIVE, but show as STOPPED or PEND-ACT in the other region? If so, this condition indicates a system error. See your systems administrator. Stop, reset, and redefine the link definitions for both regions.
• Does a SHOW LINK display give the status in one region as PEND-ACT, and as STOPPED in the other region? If so, issue a LINK START=linkname for the INACTIVE definition.
• If both regions indicate PEND-ACT for the link while there appears to be a network path open between the regions, see your systems administrator.
• Does a SHOW LINK command in either region have a link status of FAILED? If so, check backwards through the activity log for error messages recorded at the time of the failure. Refer these messages to your systems administrator. The link can be restarted using a LINK START command.