In MIA, a "@LOADLIB REFRESH" took tapes offline but they were not put back online

Products

• MIM Resource Sharing (MIM)
• MIM Data Sharing (MII)
• MIM Tape Sharing (MIA)
• MIM Message Sharing (MIC)

Issue/Introduction

Issuing  a @LOADLIB REFRESH appears to work, but it took the tape drives offline and did not put them back online - they remained offline.

Environment

MIA 12.5

Resolution

When the LOADLIB REFRESH command is entered, MIM executes the contents of the

MIMINIT RESTARTSYNCH=

Member.

The default is NONE.

The  VARY commands are normally defined in the MIMSYNCH member so that devices are varied online during "normal" startup.

If no member is coded on RESTARTSYNCH,  no VARY commands entered at restart.

Coding the synch member on RESTARTSYNCH should resolve the problem.

Additional Information

Doc regarding the LOADLIB command is here
https://docops.ca.com/ca-mim-for-zos/12-5/en/statement-and-command-reference/general-ca-mim-statements-and-commands/mim-loadlib-command

Restart manager is described here
https://docops.ca.com/ca-mim-for-zos/12-5/en/scenarios/how-to-set-up-restart-manager

The RESTARTSYNCH statement itself states
(Optional) When running under Restart Manager, the SYNCH member is used only during the initial startup. For managed restarts, the member specified through RESTARTSYNCH is used instead;
RESTARTSYNCH=NO means that no commands is issued.
If you wish to run the same set of commands as during initial synchronization, specify the same member name for both SYNCH= and RESTARTSYNCH=.

Default: RESTARTSYNCH=NO

There is no connection made in the doc between startup/restart and RESTARTSYNCH, which is described here:
https://docops.ca.com/ca-mim-for-zos/12-5/en/statement-and-command-reference/general-ca-mim-statements-and-commands/mim-miminit-statement-define-initialization-values