Why does N20205 SELECTED APPLICATION IS INACTIVE message occur?

Products

• SOLVE:Operations Automation
• SOLVE:Access Session Management
• SOLVE:FTS
• SOLVE

Issue/Introduction

When a session is started to connect to a cross domain application, such as TSO, using a VTAM generic resource error  N20205 SELECTED APPLICATION IS INACTIVE may sometimes occur.
 

Why does N20205 SELECTED APPLICATION IS INACTIVE message occur?
 

Environment

Release: SLACCS00200-5.0-SOLVE:Access-Session Management
Component:

Resolution

When a session is started from MAI, a DEFLOGON is required. By default, the deflogon definition is set with APPST=YES requiring an INQUIRE APPSTAT on the application to access. If the VTAM definition refers to a generic resource indicated by a trailer asterisk, then the inquiry may fail to determine the application status mostly in cross domain.
The solution consists of setting APPST=NO to disable the INQUIRE APPSTAT prior to the logon.