AXACTDD1 and AXACTDD2 getting contention errors for the PXX dataset

Products

• Datacom/AD
• Datacom/DB

Issue/Introduction

Running upgrade jobs AXACTDD1 and AXACTDD2 which run DDUPDATE and DBUTLTY and getting contention errors for the PXX dataset.

               REQ SERVICE  DSNAME                                       
               SHR STANDBY  DATACOM.LV15CXX.PXX                  
               Held EXC by MUFP01 on system SYSD  

 

Environment

Release : 15.1

Component : Datacom/AD

Cause

In the Datacom MUF the PXX is allocated with DISP=OLD

Resolution

The PXX dataset should be allocated in the MUF JCL with DISP=SHR. 

For Datacom/AD, see the sample MUF startup JCL in the CAAXSAMP dataset member MUFSTRT.