Files allocated with DADS Plus and closed with CEMT remain allocated

Products

• DADS Plus

Issue/Introduction

When a file is allocated to a CICS region using DADS Plus, and then closed using CEMT, the CICS region still has the file allocated.

Environment

Release: 4.0
Component: DADS Plus for CICS

Resolution

DADS Plus is working as designed.

If a file is allocated by CICS at initialization or via a CEMT OPEN, when a CEMT CLOSE is issued, the file is also deallocated.

However, if a file is allocated by DADS Plus, and a CEMT CLOSE is issued, the file is closed, but not deallocated, since CICS only deallocates files that were allocated by CICS.

Once a file is placed under DADS Plus control, only DADS Plus facilities should be used to open and close the file.