CA7 Upgrade - ABEND U2014, in module CAL2DCV1

Products

• CA Workload Automation CA 7 Edition

Issue/Introduction

Shutdown CA7 V11.3 with /DMPQ,

Run job AL2DCC10 - backup CA7. Completed successfully. 

Run job AL2DCC20 - abended with USER COMPLETION CODE=2014 REASON CODE=00000065. 

Also see error message '+Invalid VRM type encountered'. 

Cause

Job AL2DCC10 was modified in STEP JS030.
The OUTPUT DD was incorrectly updated with the wrong DCB information.

 

Environment

Release : 12.1 Component : CA-7 - Upgrading from R11.3 to R12.1

Resolution

Job AL2DCC10 was changed in STEP JS030.
The OUTPUT DD was correctly run with (from install JCL hlq.AAL2JCL(AL2DCC10):

//OUTPUT   DD DSN=CA7hlq.VRM.BKUP,               <--- Output backup 
//            DISP=(NEW,CATLG,DELETE),                              
//            UNIT=TAPEUNIT,                     <--- Unit type     
//            DCB=(RECFM=VB,LRECL=32704,BLKSIZE=32708)              

 

Note : Do not change DCB information on datasets used by upgrade utilities.