View - VAM Error Message when Starting the View SARSTC Started task

Products

• View

Issue/Introduction

Receiving the following messages when starting a View SARSTC started task:

 VAM-> ILLEGAL DATASET DEFINED IN THE pppppp POOL BY JOB 'jjjjjjjj'                 
 VAM-> AN AUTHORIZATION (FORM 9.95) IS REQUIRED FOR ALLOCATE                    
 VAM-> A DATA SET IN THE pppppp POOL.                                            
 VAM-> DD=SYS00006 UNIT=SYSDA DSN=hlq.SARFRDS.D0007005 USER=uuuuuu
                                                                               
SARDRP01  Allocation failed for "hlq.SARFRDS.D0007005" - Error=04C8
SARSTC29  Forward recovery terminated due to error.    

Cause

A SARDRP01 error happens when the SARSTC task wants to allocate a new Forward Recovery Dataset (FRDS), with the running of a View backup.

The reason for the error is either there is insufficient contiguous space available based on the SARINIT RCVPRIM and RCVSEC parameters (FRDS primary and secondary allocations), or because there is a problem with a pack, or packs, that are under SMS control.

Resolution

A new Forward Recovery Dataset (FRDS) is opened at the run of a View standard backup. A FRDS is used to contain reports that are collected with the current generation, to be used in the SARDBASE RESTORE recovery process.

In the setting of SARINIT parms RCVPRIM (primary allocation) and RCVSEC (secondary allocation), it is suggested to code the RCVSEC to have a higher value than the RCVPRIM.

Note: To create a new set of Forward Recovery Datasets, a View backup needs to run.