CA1 TMSXTEND utility confirmation message TMSXT98R is not being issued either before or after the COPY/EXTEND step completes, why the difference?

Products

• CA 1 Flexible Storage

Issue/Introduction

During the execution of the TMSXTEND utility, the TMSXT98R confirmation message is not being issued until after the COPY/EXTEND step completes on some systems, but where typically on the other systems where TMSXTEND is executed we receive the TMSXT98R message prior to the COPY/EXTEND step starting.

Example below of TMSXT98R being issued after COPY/EXTEND completes:

                                      
JOB02553  IEF403I TMSXTEND - STARTED - TIME=12.37.01                           
JOB02553  TMSXT01I TMC EXTEND STARTING.  

JOB02553  TMSXT25I OPEN/CLOSE TMC FOR OUTPUT TO PREVENT BATCH PROCESSING.       
JOB02553  TMSXT30I RENAMING TMCDSN TO TMCDSN.O                   
JOB02553  TMSXT05I ATTACH TMSBLDVR TO COPY/EXTEND TMC.     

JOB02553  TMSVR17I TOTAL NUMBER OF PHYSICAL RECORDS TO BE WRITTEN TO THE NEW TMC
JOB02553  TMSVR16I  05% OF THE COPY/EXTEND HAS COMPLETED.                       
JOB02553  TMSVR16I  10% OF THE COPY/EXTEND HAS COMPLETED.                       
JOB02553  TMSVR16I  15% OF THE COPY/EXTEND HAS COMPLETED.                       
JOB02553  TMSVR16I  20% OF THE COPY/EXTEND HAS COMPLETED.                       
JOB02553  TMSVR16I  25% OF THE COPY/EXTEND HAS COMPLETED.                    
JOB02553  TMSVR16I  30% OF THE COPY/EXTEND HAS COMPLETED.                    
JOB02553  TMSVR16I  35% OF THE COPY/EXTEND HAS COMPLETED.                    
JOB02553  TMSVR16I  40% OF THE COPY/EXTEND HAS COMPLETED.                    
JOB02553  TMSVR16I  45% OF THE COPY/EXTEND HAS COMPLETED.                    
JOB02553  TMSVR16I  50% OF THE COPY/EXTEND HAS COMPLETED.                    
JOB02553  TMSVR16I  55% OF THE COPY/EXTEND HAS COMPLETED.                    
JOB02553  TMSVR16I  60% OF THE COPY/EXTEND HAS COMPLETED.                    
JOB02553  TMSVR16I  65% OF THE COPY/EXTEND HAS COMPLETED.                    
JOB02553  TMSVR16I  70% OF THE COPY/EXTEND HAS COMPLETED.                    
JOB02553  TMSVR16I  75% OF THE COPY/EXTEND HAS COMPLETED.                    
JOB02553  TMSVR16I  80% OF THE COPY/EXTEND HAS COMPLETED.                    
JOB02553  TMSVR16I  85% OF THE COPY/EXTEND HAS COMPLETED.                    
JOB02553  TMSVR16I  90% OF THE COPY/EXTEND HAS COMPLETED.                    
JOB02553  TMSVR16I  95% OF THE COPY/EXTEND HAS COMPLETED.                    
JOB02553  TMSVR16I 100% OF THE COPY/EXTEND HAS COMPLETED.                    
JOB02553  TMSXT03I ATTACH TMSAUDEX FOR STATUS OF CPUS.     

JOB02553  TMSXT07I WAIT FOR SUBTASKS.                                        
JOB02553  TMSXT04I CPU STATUS TABLE OBTAINED.                         

JOB02553  TMSXT88I CPU TABLE REPORT FOLLOWS.  471                               
          CPU  Last Acc Date    Inc/Excl Status                                 
          ---- ---------------- -------- ---------------------------------------
          SYSA 2022/116   12:33 INCLUDE                                         
          TMSXT89I END OF CPU TABLE DISPLAY.                                    

JOB02553 *24 TMSXT98R REPLY 'C' TO CONFIRM 'A' TO ABEND FOR TMSXTEND            
JOB02553 *25 TMSXT95R PROCESSING CONTINUES: REPLY 'S' FOR TMSXTEND STATUS.      
JOB02553  TMSXT09I SIGNAL ALL CPUS TO ACCESS NEW TMC.         
JOB02553  TMSXT06I TMC DEFINITION TABLE OBTAINED.                   
JOB02553  TMSXT16I VERIFY ALL CPUS CAN ACCESS NEW TMC.     

JOB02553 *TMSXT50I CPU(SYSA) HAS NOT ACCESSED NEW TMC. RUN TMSRINIT ON THAT CPU.
JOB02553  TMSXT17I BEGIN UPDATES TO SYNCHRONIZE TMCS.                           
JOB02553  TMSXT15I CHECK FOR TMC UPDATES NEEDED.                                
JOB02553  TMSXT18I NO MORE TMC UPDATES REQUIRED.                                
JOB02553  TMSXT19I END UPDATES TO SYNCHRONIZE TMCS.                             
JOB02553  TMSXT23I PREPARE TO SWITCH ACTIVE TMCS.                               
JOB02553  TMSXT11I ENQUEUE TO LOCKOUT TMC ACTIVITY.                             
JOB02553  TMSXT26I FINAL CHECK FOR UPDATES TO TMC.                              
JOB02553  TMSXT15I CHECK FOR TMC UPDATES NEEDED.                                
JOB02553  TMSXT18I NO MORE TMC UPDATES REQUIRED.                                
JOB02553  TMSXT21I SIGNAL CPUS TO SWITCH TMCS.                                  
JOB02553  TMSXT27I DISABLE OLD TMC FOR ADDITIONAL DATA.                         
JOB02553  TMSXT12I DEQUEUE TO UNLOCK TMC ACTIVITY.                              
JOB02553 *TMSMR03I CA 1 SWITCHING TO NEW TMC                                    
JOB02553 *TMSMR04I CA 1 SWITCHED TO NEW TMC                                     
JOB02553 *IEFTMS9 TMC BACKUP REQUIRED, AUDIT FILE UTILIZATION IS CURRENTLY 80%  
JOB02553  TMSXT31I RENAMING TMCDSN.N TO TMCDSN                                  
JOB02553 *TMSMR09I CLEARED EXTEND STATUS FOR ALL CPUS.                          
JOB02553  TMSXT99I TMSXTEND COMPLETED SUCCESSFULLY.                             
JOB02553  AIGM100                                                --TIMINGS (MINS
JOB02553  AIGM100  JOBNAME  STEPNAME PROCSTEP    RC   EXCP   CONN    TCB    SRB 
JOB02553  AIGM101  TMSXTEND STEP01               00  13627   1039    .00    .00 

 

Environment

Release : 14.0

Component : CA 1 Tape Management

Resolution

The reason the TMSXT98R is issued before vs after COPY/EXTEND processing is based on the size of your Audit and TMC files.

TMSXTEND calls both TMSAUDEX and TMSBLDVR. TMSAUDEX scans the Audit and TMSBLDVR scans the TMC.  The size of the TMC and Audit files will determine when the message will be issued, based upon which processing completes first.  If the Audit file is smaller than the TMC you will get the message before COPY/EXTEND processing completes. If the Audit file is larger than the TMC you will get the message after COPY/EXTEND processing completes.

Both conditions are normal.