z/VM: CP Commands and Utilities Reference - z/VM - IBM

DELETE EDEVICE
DELETE EDEVICE
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Authorization
Purpose
Operands
Usage Notes
Responses
Messages
EDEVice
rdev
rdev1-rdev2
Privilege Class: B
Use DELETE EDEVICE to delete one or more emulated device definitions from the
system.
rdev
rdev1-rdev2
specifies the emulated devices that you want to delete. Each rdev must be a 1-
to 4-digit hexadecimal number between X'0000' and X'FFFF'. You can specify a
single device address or a range of device addresses.
1. Before you can delete an emulated device you must vary offline the real device
and subchannel associated with the emulated device. To VARY a device offline,
use the VARY (Real Device) command. To VARY a subchannel offline, use the
VARY SUBCHANNEL command.
2. To display the status of one or more real devices, use the QUERY (Real
Device) command.
3. To display information about one or more emulated devices, use the QUERY
EDEVICE command.
4. To define an emulated device, use the:
a. SET EDEVICE command with the proper device characteristics, and the
b. VARY (Real Device) command to bring the device online.
Response 1:
To delete an emulated device 300 from your system, enter the following:
delete edevice 300
EDEV 300 was deleted.
Ready;
HCP002E Invalid operand - operand
HCP003E Invalid option - command contains
extra option(s) starting with option
HCP040E Device rdev does not exist
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HCP6704E Missing token at end of line
HCP6790I rdev1 processing halted. The next
device that would have been
processed is rdev2.
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