OPS9503E IFAEDREG Base failed, RC=4, detected at OPINAS+X'0024A62A'

Products

• OPS/MVS Event Management & Automation

Issue/Introduction

Starting OPS main Address Space on a new Z/OS release, the following error can be got:

OPS9503E IFAEDREG Base failed, RC=4, detected at OPINAS+X'0024A62A'
IEF196I IEF237I 1403 ALLOCATED TO SYS00135                          
OPS0018W storage not released - CSA X'00000024' bytes              
IEF196I OPS0018W storage not released - CSA X'00000024' bytes      
OPS0018W storage not released - ECSA X'00009410' bytes              
IEF196I OPS0018W storage not released - ECSA X'00009410' bytes    

What's the cause of the problem and how can it be bypassed?

 

Environment

 

Component : OPS/MVS

Resolution

Based on IBM documentation, the abend/error with OPS/MVS is due to attempting to register OPS/MVS with the IBM Product Feature Registration Service.
The return code 4 from IFAEDREG has the following meaning:

-  The Product/Feature combination is not enabled; it is explicitly disabled and is not permitted to execute. 

This means that the  definitions in SYS1.PARMLIB member IFAPRD** are preventing OPS from running on this System with the Registration Service.

If this is not the case, then the LINKLIST should be checked for any wrong/back-level OPSMVS load-module ahead the correct loadlib used by the current task. 

In one case It has been found a LOADMODULE in the SYSn.SINGLOAD Library, which has the same as OPSENQ and it is for SA390.

In addition this IBM product registration service is not used by OPS/MVS.