ERROR: "SARPAC02 EXPANDED RETENTION WAS NEVER INITIALIZED"

Products

• View

Issue/Introduction

Message "SARPAC02 EXPANDED RETENTION WAS NEVER INITIALIZED" was received when attempting to run SARPAC to convert to new tape media. What does a SARPAC02 message indicate?

Environment

• View®
• OM View for z
• Output Management View® for z/OS

Resolution

The SARPAC02 message indicates that the EROOPT SARINIT parameter is set to EROOPT=NO while attempting to run a SARPAC tape consolidation utility. The SARPAC utility requires that the ERO option be active. 

If you need to use SARPAC to convert tapes you will need to set EROOPT to YES and at the same time set PRETAIN to INIT to keep report retention under NGEND/NGENT. You should also set PTHRESH=100 to ensure all tapes are included for consolidation.

Sample JCL:

//STEP1 EXEC PGM=SARINIT 
//SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=*
//SYSIN DD *
NAME=db_hlq
EROOPT=YES
PRETAIN=INIT 
PTHRESH=100