MERGE : IEF233D/IEF455D MOUNT ...ON ...FOR .. MERGE OR REPLY 'NO'

Products

• Disk Backup and Restore - MVS

Issue/Introduction

It can happen that a DMS MERGE job can issue the following WTOR messages:

...

*IEF233D M 2007,203151,,jobname,MERGE,  730
09.08.57 JOB06901 *TMS009  IEF233D M 2007,vvvvv,,jobname,MERGE,DMS.dsname     
   730                     DMS.CONVF.PRIME.DMSN.S2021122.T183212,
   730                     OR RESPOND TO IEF455D MESSAGE
09.08.57 JOB06901 *21 IEF455D MOUNT vvvvv ON 2007 FOR jobname MERGE OR REPLY 'NO'
09.23.02 JOB06901  R 21,NO
09.23.02 JOB06901  IEF234E K 2007,xxxxx,PVT,jobname,MERGE
09.23.02 JOB06901  TMS014  IEF234E K 2007,xxxxx,PVT,jobname,MERGE

...

where OAM EMC DLM is in place. 

What causes this WTOR on volume 203151 and How to bypass it for MERGE going unattended?

 

Environment

Release : All

Component : CA Disk Backup and Restore

Resolution

These messages are caused by a DELL/EMC  issue (the Virtual Tape Vendor).  

If there is an orphaned lock on involved Tape ( it is 203151 in this case), then it would cause trouble when trying to mount that tape.  

Correcting the lock issue from DELL/EMS side , will also remove the MERGE problem.