Error DBON30FE when executing FLASH copies with CA Database Copier for IMS.

Products

• CA Distributed Database Management
• CA Database Analyzer for DB2 for Oracle
• Database Analyzer (IMS Tools)
• Mainframe Configuration Manager for IMS for z/OS
• IMS TOOLS - MISC
• Compress Data Compression (IMS Tools)
• Database Analyzer for IMS for z/OS
• Database Copier for IMS for z/OS
• Database Organizer for IMS for z/OS
• Mainframe Extended Terminal Manager (IMS Tools)
• High Performance Recovery for IMS for z/OS
• Database Organizer (IMS Tools)
• Mainframe Program Restart Manager for IMS for z/OS
• Secondary Index Builder for IMS for z/OS
• Secondary Index for IMS for z/OS

Issue/Introduction

Description:

Trying to execute FLASH copies using CA Database Copier for IMS and getting error message:

 	DBON30FE ERROR IN FLASH PREPARE 

but no further messages from Snapshot Services are shown.

How can we get additional messages from Snapshot to find out why this jobstep is failing?

Solution:

Message DBON30FE indicates a problem in Snapshot Services.

To produce additional diagnostic TGR prefixed messages, the following DD statements need to be added to the JCL:

 	//TGRMSGS DD SYSOUT=*
 	//TGRDTAIL DD DUMMY 	
 	//TGRDEBUG DD DUMMY

This specifies that snapshot general services or flash copy messages should be printed in DBOMSGS or SYSPRINT (without also issuing too much debugging details). If the TGRMSGS DD is not allocated, these messages are not produced.

Review the TGR messages that are subsequently generated for information as to why the flash copy failed.

Environment

Release:
Component: DBCOPY