CA View - S613-24 Error Received in SARSTC with Tape Backup in our DR System

Products

• View

Issue/Introduction

We are getting the following error in the SARSTC task in our DR System:

SARBKT61  Standard backup cycle starting phase 1
SARBKT66  Storage group NODUPLEX is being copied to tape
IEF233D M 1E09,7F5437,,SARSTC,SARSTC,  310
        XXX.XXXXXXX.NODUP.SARTAPE.T0023077,
        OR RESPOND TO IEF455D MESSAGE
IEC518I SOFTWARE ERRSTAT: WRITPROT 1E09,7F5437,SL,SARSTC,SARS
IEC502E K 1E09,7F5437,SL,SARSTC,SARSTC
TMS014  IEC502E K 1E09,7F5437,SL,SARSTC,SARSTC
IEC147I 613-24,IFG0194F,SARSTC,SARSTC,SYS00021,1E09,,  314
XXX.XXXXXXX.NODUP.SARTAPE.T0023077. ..

Environment

Release : 14.0

Component : CA View

Resolution

Here is the procedure which stopped the S613 condition:

 . Run SARINIT, to change the tape esoteric used in the View STORGRPn parameters, to match the appropriate esoteric for the DR system.

 . Stop the View SARSTC task using "/P sarstc", if the task is running.

 . Do a manual start of the SARSTC task (no automation), using "/S sarstc,OPT=NEW".

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What was causing the S613 condition was that the NODUPLEX storage group had a SARINIT STORGRPn parameter maxgent field where value "00010" was used instead of the "00001" values used for the other storage groups. 

The use of 00010 means that View will want to use the same backup tape 10 times (10 generations) before asking for a new tape. 

The use of OPT=NEW caused View to run an immediate backup all to new tapes.