Closing the Accounting Facility Database in the Datacom MUF

Products

• Datacom
• Datacom/DB
• Datacom/AD

Issue/Introduction

When trying to close Database 5 (Accounting) for some backup and data extractions, the job failed because the database could not be closed. The ACCESS STATUS=OFF command returns this message:

DB00607I - BASE 5 ACCESS OFF ACTIVE JOB(S) ***ACTNG

but there is no job called ***ACTNG running. It is almost like ***ACTNG is some sort of ghost job.

A CICS DBOC CLOSE command works ok, but the DBUTLTY ACCESS OFF and COMM CLOSE commands fail.

Cause

The Accounting database requires a separate close of the Accounting Facility before the database can be closed.

Resolution

DB 5 is the repository for the Accounting Facility in the MUF and needs special handling to close it.

Run DBUTLTY using this input to close all the accounting tables, which stops any further data collection in those tables:

//SYSIN    DD  *
  ACCT OPTION=CLOSE,TABLE=ALL
/*

Please read ACCT CLOSE (Close Accounting Tables) for more information about closing these Accounting tables in the MUF. This is separate from the CICS close, which only deals with that particular CICS region.

 

Additional Information

For more information on the Accounting Facility usage, see Using the Accounting Facility.

As always, please contact Broadcom support for Datacom if you have further questions.