PQ70881: THE IMAGE COPYDATASETS ARE NOW ALWAYS ALLOCATED DISP=NEW

Obtain the fix for this APAR.

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• The image copy datasets are now always allocated DISP=NEW, so
  that only the first IC executes. All subsequent jobs fail JCL
  error because the IC data set already exist.
  

Local fix

• None
  None
  

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED: ALL CONTROL SUITE R220 USERS                 *
  ****************************************************************
  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: WHEN USING NON-GDG IC BACKUP FILES ON   *
  *                      DASD DEVICES, THE DISPOSITION KEYWORD   *
  *                      ON THE OUTPUT DD STATEMENT IS ALWAYS    *
  *                      DISP=(,CATLG). CUSTOMER                 *
  *                      WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO REUSE THE      *
  *                      DASD FILES ONCE THEY ARE CREATED THE    *
  *                      FIRST TIME BY HAVING THE PRODUCT DETECT *
  *                      THEM DURING SUBSEQUENT JOBSTREAM JCL    *
  *                      CREATION AND SET THE DISPOSITION KEY-   *
  *                      WORD TO DISP=OLD.                       *
  ****************************************************************
  * RECOMMENDATION: INSTALL CORRECTIVE SERVICE FOR APAR/PTF      *
  ****************************************************************
  CONTROL SUITE WAS NOT BUILDING DISP=OLD FOR REUSEABLE NON-GDG
  IMAGE COPY DATASETS.
  

Problem conclusion

• CORRECTIONS IN JCL SKELETONS WERE MADE TO ALLOW DISP=OLD FOR
  IMAGE COPY NON-GDG NON-$TIME DATA SETS.
  
  THE FOLLOWING ITEMS ARE ALSO ADDRESSED IN THIS APAR.
  1.)COMBINATIONS OF "$TIME" OR "NN.$TIME" FOR DASD OR
     TAPE DATA SET LOW LEVEL QUALIFIERS WERE ENABLED.
  2.)ADDED ERROR MESSAGE FOR ISPF PANEL IDLSOPT1 TO MAKE UNLOAD
     DATA SET LOW LEVEL QUALIFIERS MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE.
  3.)HELP PANEL UPDATES FOR ISPF PANEL, "IDLSOPT3".
  4.)MISSING DEQUEUE CORRECTED IN COLLECT FUNCTION WHEN USER EXITS
     COLLECTION PROCESSING.
  
  THE FOLLOWING TEXT UPDATES WILL BE MADE TO THE MANUAL.
  
  On page 21 in figure 11 the DASD and TAPE LOQUAL data entry
  variables have been replaced with single data entry variable
  identified as "IC Low Level Qual". On page 22 the descriptions
  for "IC Low Level Qual (DASD)" and "(TAPE)" have been amended
  to refer to a single reference.
  variables have been replaced with single data entry variable
  identified as "IC Low Level Qual".
  

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:

  UQ74785

Modules/Macros

• IDLC0001 IDLGNJCC IDLGNJCX IDLH1670 IDLH1672
  IDLH1678 IDLICD   IDLICD2  IDLICEDD IDLIRE03 IDLIRE04 IDLIRE05
  IDLPCJCE IDLRCDS1 IDLSDSS0 IDLSMAIN IDLSOPT1 IDLSOPT3
  

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  IMS DB CNTL SUI

• Fixed component ID

  5655F7600

Applicable component levels

• R220 PSY UQ74785

     UP03/03/14 P F303

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