TSSFAR Abends with U2805.

Products

• Top Secret

Issue/Introduction

Top Secret TSSFAR utility abends with the following message:

IEF450I ITSS501M TSSRPT - ABEND=S000 U2805 REASON=000000004

Cause

The U2805 abend is caused by one of the following having occurred:

1. TSSFAR was run against the live secfile.
2. TSSFAR is properly running against a current backup file but while the report is running a backup is taken against the backup file. 

Resolution

1. TSSFAR should never be run against the live secfile. A backup should be taken just before
   running the report.
   **Commands to take a backup are:
   ***From a command line: TSS MODIFY(BACKUP)
   ***From the console: F TSS,BACKUP
   
   
2. The reason that the abend occurs is that TSSFAR encounters an invalid ARLB.
   In either instance, starting over with a new backup and TSSFAR pointing to the new backup, will run the report successfully.