SSM FCYCLE NOT WORKING

Products

• OPS/MVS Event Management & Automation

Issue/Introduction

Attempting to set up the SSM FCYCLE command. The SSMCNTL rule is in place and enabled and all of the appropriate entries in the action table. When the FCYCLE command is issued the task will come down but then never comes up. It remains in DOWN_DOWN_FCYCLE. 

Environment

Release : 13.5

Component : OPS/MVS

Cause

The actions required for the FCYCLE function were not correct in the action table.

Resolution

Correct actions are:

/* Sub-routine Fcycle:                                                
/*  Initiate a force cycle (shut down then restart) of a resource     
/*  that has many subreqs. SSMv2 must be implemented with the         
/*  following action table entries specified:                         
/*   Action_Process: MATCH                                            
/*   Action_Current: DOWN                                             
/*   Action_Desired: DOWN                                             
/*   Action_Mode: FCYCLE                                              
/*   Action_Text: SETCOL("DESIRED_STATE,UP");SETCOL("ACTMODE,ACTIVE") 
/*   ---------------------------------------------------------------  
/*   Action_Process: SELECT                                           
/*   Action_Current: UP                                               
/*   Action_Desired: DOWN                                             
/*   Action_Mode: FCYCLE                                              
/*   Action_Text: PROCESS("NOSUBREQ")                                 
/*   ---------------------------------------------------------------  
/*   Action_Process: SELECT                                           
/*   Action_Current:                                                  
/*   Action_Desired:                                                  
/*   Action_Mode: FCYCLE