We had OPSMAIN emergency shutdown and restarted however one of the started task was turned down.

Products

• OPS/MVS Event Management & Automation

Issue/Introduction

We had OPSMAIN emergency shutdown and restarted however one of the started task SYSVUSER was down and no notifications received.

 

Environment

Release : 14.0

Component : OPS/MVS

Cause

Incorrect option was replied to the SSMBEGIN WTOR. 

Resolution

When OPS is restarted during normal operations the response to the SSMBEGIN WTOR must be 4A.
The WTOR is:

xxx SSMBEGIN Enter desired Stateman startup option (1-5) and/or mode (A/P/I).

The most common responses are:

3A - Used for an IPL. The resource table (usually STCTBL) column IPL_STATE is copied over the column DESIRED_STATE

4A - Used for OPSMAIN restarts during normal operations. The column CHECKPOINT_STATE is copied over the column DESIRED_STATE. The CHECKPOINT_STATE contains the latest value of the DESIRED_STATE column before OPS was shutdown.

Additional Information

https://techdocs.broadcom.com/us/en/ca-mainframe-software/automation/ca-ops-mvs-event-management-and-automation/14-0/using/using-ca-ops-mvs/using-system-state-manager/methods-for-setting-the-desired-state.html#concept.dita_40bd14385a1d9e33ff9abc65494f096cf935a569_SetDesiredStatesThroughSSMBEGIN