IDB2805E IDB2 PC interface not available error message

Products

• SYSVIEW Performance Management Option for DB2 for z/OS

Issue/Introduction

Working with the interface from Sysview to Sysview Performance Management Option for Db2 for z/OS (IDB2), when entering the IDB2 command to
access IDB2 screens IDB2805E error message:
 
IDB2805E IDB2 PC INTERFACE NOT AVAILABLE
 
Checked the PCSSID parameter to identify the PC Owner Task in all started tasks and in all of them it was fine, PCSSID has the default value DBGI.

Resolution

In the VTAM User Interface started task the parameters in EXEC card were as follows.
 
PARM='IDB2xxxx,IDB2USER,DBGI'

IDB2USER was wrong, the right value is IDB2.
 
With PARM='IDB2xxxx,IDB2,DBGI' the IDB2 command in Sysview worked fine.
 
The VTAM User Interface does not check for wrong values in the PARM parameters, these parameters depend
on position, the second parameter has to be four characters so the PCSSID in third parameter is read correctly.