Top Secret CPF Recovery File is 99% full

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Issue/Introduction

TSS MODIFY command shows the following:

CPFrecfl(099%)

Indicating the CPF recovery file is 99%. How can this file be increased or how this issue can be handled?

Cause

The CPF recovery file is designed to hold TSS commands that could NOT be propagated to another system(s) for whatever reason. Once the communication link is reestablished, any commands in the CPF recovery file should be propagated and then cleared from the file.  

Resolution

The CPF recovery file shouldn't wrap. If it does, the message TSS9803W NO FREE RECORDS ON CPF RECOVERY FILE will be issued. The TSSCPR utility can be used to check the commands in the CPF recovery file. Columns 149-158 in the TSSCPR output show the date the command was issued on the local node. If the date is recent, it is important to check if the system(s) are down or connections are lost. If the date is not recent, the commands can be cleared via             

TSS REM(*CPFRECV) CPFNODE(node) or TSS REMOVE(*CPFRECV) UNTIL(mm/dd/yy)

Which will delete all records up to, and including, the specified date.

To increase the CPF Recovery File size, the file needs to be formatted through TSSMAINT utility. The size of each record in the CPF recovery file is 4500 bytes. The block size should be a multiple of this value.

For more information, the Techdoc Create CPF Recovery File can be checked.