Restart fails with U0020 abend along with U11-022 VERIF CODE = 24

Products

• Workload Automation Restart Option for z/OS Schedulers (CA 11)

Issue/Introduction

We had a job abend that was later corrected with no changes made to the JCL.  A restart was attempted in the abending step. The restart failed with U0020 abend and issued the following messages:

U11-042 CANNOT RESTART - CMT ENTRY INVALID                                                               
U11-022 VERIF CODE = 24 PROC/STEP=proc.step STEP=step DDNAME=ddname    DSN = dsn

 

Resolution

VERIF CODE of  24  indicates that a  new data set (DISP=NEW) was added while the job was in restart status.   As significant JCL changes are not allowed when a job is in restart status, you will need to remove  references  to any new datasets with DISP=NEW that were added.   Another corrective action to take in regards to the VC=24 code is to ensure that a given step does not have duplicate DDnames with reference to multiple  datasets with DISP=NEW.   If a step uses the same DDname and references more than one dataset with DISP= NEW,  CA-11 sees the second reference  and thinks another dataset with a DISP=NEW has been added which will result  in the U11-022 VC=24 message being issued.