PI70498: REPLICATION LOGGING ONE VSAM SPHERE FOR MULTIPLE NON-CICS ADDRESS SPACES

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APAR status

• Closed as unreproducible in next release.

Error description

• When a long-running address space opens a VSAM cluster,
  performs some updates and then closes the VSAM cluster
  another non-CICS address space may open the same VSAM cluster.
  However, if this VSAM cluster is defined for replication logging
  the logging fails with DWW252I with return code 24 and reason
  code 717053CB and DWW280I with return code 8 and reason
  code 71725319.
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED: This APAR affects CICS VR 5.1 and 5.2 users  *
  *                 that exploit VSAM replication logging.       *
  ****************************************************************
  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: Currently replication logging for a     *
  *                      VSAM sphere is not supported            *
  *                      simultaneously from multiple non-CICS   *
  *                      address spaces.                         *
  ****************************************************************
  * RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
  ****************************************************************
  This APAR provides an enhancement for VSAM batch replication
  logging:
  If a VSAM sphere is defined for VSAM batch replication logging
  only (without forward recovery or batch backout logging,i.e. as
  LOGREPLICATE,FRLOG(NONE)), CICS VR will disconnect the sphere
  from the replication log at VSAM CLOSE operations, not at end
  of job step. This allows a second job to perform replication
  logging once the first job has completed the CLOSE even though
  the first job has not yet completed. It is still the case that
  only one job at a time can have the file open with replication
  logging active.
  In this scenario, the logstream contains only replication log
  records for use by the IIDR for VSAM for z/OS product. It
  cannot be used by CICS VR forward recovery and batch backout
  utilities.
  

Problem conclusion

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

• APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:

• APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:

  UI42778 UI42779

Modules/Macros

• DWWBLOPC DWWBLVBB DWWBLVBL DWW1RMAT DWW1SEOX DWW1SVER DWW3GCLO
  DWW3GCON DWW3GLOG DWW3GMAT DWW3GSDC HCCV510J HCCV520J
  

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  CICS VSAM RECOV

• Fixed component ID

  5655Y2400

Applicable component levels

• R510 PSY UI42778

     UP16/11/24 P F611

• R520 PSY UI42779

     UP16/11/24 P F611

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