After setting the desired state of a task to DOWN, it is automatically reset to UP. The following messages appear in the OPSLOG
OPS7914T SSM AUDIT: STCTBL.TASK1 UPDATED by OPSOSF xxxx.xxx DESIRED_STATE=DOWN
OPS7914T SSM AUDIT: STCTBL.TASK1 UPDATED by OPSMAIN STATEMAN DESIRED_STATE=UP
SSM is in active mode and TASK1 is also in ACTIVE mode. Message T=PASSIVE appears in the "Message" column of the panel 4.11.2:
Release : 13.5
Component : OPS/MVS
Table was in PASSIVE mode in the OPSVIEW panel 4.11.1:
Overwriting the "P" with an "A" solved this problem