Ideal SMP/E RECEIVE gets IEF244I IEF877E

Products

• Ideal

Issue/Introduction

Running Ideal installation job doing SMP/E RECEIVE. It is asking for a tape device for the SMPTLIB.

IEF244I TV779KLJ RCVBD - UNABLE TO ALLOCATE 1 UNIT(S) 643
                   AT LEAST 1 OFFLINE UNIT(S) NEEDED.
IEF877E TV779KLJ NEEDS 1 UNIT(S)  265
                   FOR RCVBD SMPTLIB
                   FOR VOLUME PRIVAT-   1
                   OFFLINE  

Environment

z/OS

Ideal 15.x

Cause

This can be caused by either of the following:

• an undefined or invalid UNIT specification for the SMPTLIB DDDEF in the GLOBAL zone.
• not specifying a DSPREFIX in the OPTIONS in the GLOBAL zone and letting it default to DSPREFIX(SMPETEMP).

Resolution

Run an SMP/E report with the following input to check the DDDEF and OPTIONS:

//SMPCNTL   DD *
 SET BDY(GLOBAL).  
 LIST DDDEF ALLZONES.
 LIST OPTIONS.
/*

To modify the DDDEF, run SMP/E with the following input:

//SMPCNTL   DD *
 SET BDY(GLOBAL).  
 UCLIN.
 REP DDDEF(SMPTLIB)  TRK SPACE(300,100) DIR(800) UNIT(SYSDA) . 
 ENDUCL.
/*

To modify the OPTIONS, run SMP/E with the following input:

//SMPCNTL   DD *
 SET BDY(GLOBAL).  
 UCLIN.
 REP OPTIONS(OPTGBL)         
     DSSPACE(200,100,500)    
     DSPREFIX(dsn.prefix)      
     LKED(IEWL)              
     ASM(ASMA90)             
     RETRYDDN(ALL)           
     RECZGRP(ALLZONES) .   
 ENDUCL.
/*

Additional Information

For Ideal installation via SMP/E JCL , refer to Run the Installation Jobs for a Pax Installation.

For Ideal installation via zOSMF, refer to Install Product Software Using z/OSMF Deployments.