PH64444: GDPS 4.7 Metro or GM K-sys initialization fails due to lack of production system definitions

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APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• When initializing the GDPS Kg or Kr NetViews on GDPS V4R7
  and there are no production systems defined in the remote
  region, GDPS phase1 initialization fails with the following:
  
  VPCEINIT: Start of Phase1 Initialization
  ...
  VPCCSITE: 'ENDM: VPCCSITE RC=8 RSN=(005)'
  VPCEIPSX: Failed to restore primary role list and site table
            from DSISVRT
  VPCEINIT: Unsuccessful end of Phase1 Initialization
  
  Additional symptom:
  
  GDPS Metro initialization can fail if there are no production
  systems defined in either SITE1 or SITE2.
  

Local fix

• To avoid this issue:
  
  Before updating to 4.7, add a dummy production system in
  the configuration. After you have added it, confirm that
  the following commands display global variables containing
  system definition data.
  
  In the Kg and Kr NetViews (for GDPS GM) issue these commands:
  
  WINDOW VPCEQS VPC_SYSTEM_SITER.*
  WINDOW VPCEQS VPC_SYSTEM_SITERA.*
  
  Or these in the primary Kp NetView (for GDPS Metro)
  
  WINDOW VPCEQS VPC_SYSTEM_SITE1.*
  WINDOW VPCEQS VPC_SYSTEM_SITE1A.*
  WINDOW VPCEQS VPC_SYSTEM_SITE2.*
  WINDOW VPCEQS VPC_SYSTEM_SITE2A.*
  

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED: GDPS Metro                                   *
  *                 GDPS Global - GM                             *
  ****************************************************************
  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: GDPS Global - GM and GDPS Metro         *
  *                      controlling systems fail to initialize  *
  *                      for the first start on GDPS V4R7 if no  *
  *                      production systems are defined in the   *
  *                      remote region (GM) or either in Site1   *
  *                      or Site2 (Metro).                       *
  ****************************************************************
  If no production systems are defined in a site or region,
  GDPS Global - GM and GDPS Metro try to restore site table
  global variables from the NetView DSISVRT dataset that were not
  previously stored in it. This leads to a GDPS initialization
  failure due to variables not found.
  

Problem conclusion

• This PTF corrects the reported problems. GDPS is changed to
  accept the absence of the global variables and set them if
  necessary.
  
  KEYWORDS: GDPSGM/K GDPSMETRO/K
  

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:

  UO02382

Modules/Macros

• VPCCSITE
  

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  GDPS

• Fixed component ID

  694235B00

Applicable component levels

• R470 PSY UO02382

     UP25/03/08 P F503 ¢

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