CA Datacom/DB for z/VSE 12.0 BENEW07 fails with 1ST BLOCK OF BACKUP FILE IS INVALID. CHECK ASSIGNMENT FOR THE FILE

Products

• Datacom
• DATACOM - AD
• CIS
• COMMON SERVICES FOR Z/OS
• 90S SERVICES
• DATABASE MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS FOR DB2 FOR Z/OS
• COMMON PRODUCT SERVICES COMPONENT
• Common Services
• CA ECOMETER SERVER COMPONENT FOC
• Easytrieve Report Generator for Common Services
• INFOCAI MAINTENANCE
• IPC
• UNICENTER JCLCHECK COMMON COMPONENT
• Mainframe VM Product Manager
• CHORUS SOFTWARE MANAGER
• CA ON DEMAND PORTAL
• CA Service Desk Manager - Unified Self Service
• PAM CLIENT FOR LINUX ON MAINFRAME
• MAINFRAME CONNECTOR FOR LINUX ON MAINFRAME
• GRAPHICAL MANAGEMENT INTERFACE
• WEB ADMINISTRATOR FOR TOP SECRET
• Xpertware

Issue/Introduction

New installation job  BENEW07  using the product installation file  DB12S1609C.AWS  fails with

 1ST BLOCK OF BACKUP FILE IS INVALID. CHECK ASSIGNMENT FOR THE FILE

when restoring the DDMAP backup file by running VLSUTIL.

The DDMAP backup file was created in installation job BEINS010.

No error encountered when running BENEW07  using the DDMAP backup file delivered by the previous installation file ‘DVD10154952E.AWS’.

Environment

z/VSE 
CA Datacom 12.0 

Cause

Format of the DDMAP backup file is incorrect on product installation AWS  DB12S1609C.AWS.

Resolution

New installation file DB12S1609D.AWS , which has the correct DDMAP Backup file, to correct this problem  is available for download in CA Support Online Download Center.