IBM Product Registration Service Member IFAPRDxx for CA-OPSMVS

Products

• OPS/MVS Event Management & Automation

Issue/Introduction

When in Z/OS 2.4 the IBM Product Registration Service is enabled, it could happen that starting OPSMVS main task, it abends with the following message: 

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

How to recover this situation? 

Environment

Release :  

Component : OPS/MVS

Resolution

OPS/MVS definitely checks the return code from the IBM Product Registration Service, when enabled and terminates if the value is non-zero.

Based on that, to solve the initial error OPS9503E, it is necessary to add the following definition for OPSMVS in SYS1.PARMLIB member IFAPRDxx  : 

PRODUCT OWNER('CA')
NAME('CA OPS/MVS')
ID(*)
VERSION(*) RELEASE(*) MOD(*)
FEATURENAME(*)
STATE(ENABLED)