DFS3780I ACTIVE DDNAMES: modblks-name DFSDIRC format-name MODSTAT ID: nnnn

Explanation

This message indicates online change status including the active online change libraries and the current modify ID. IMS issues this message in the following cases:
  • IMS restart
  • Simple checkpoint
  • /MODIFY PREPARE or INITIATE OLC PHASE(PREPARE), to indicate the current active online change libraries before the new definitions are committed
  • /MODIFY COMMIT or INITIATE OLC PHASE(COMMIT), to indicate the new active online change libraries, after online change is committed
In the message text:
modblks-name
Active MODBLKS DD in the IMS JCL, that identifies the active MODBLKS library. modblks-name is either MODBLKSA or MODBLKSB. If the MODBLKS DD cards are omitted from the IMS JCL and online change for MODBLKS is disabled, this variable is blank.
DFSDIRC
The data set ddname of the internally managed IMS directory data set.
format-name
Active FORMAT DD in the IMS JCL, that identifies the active MFS format library. format-name is either FORMATA or FORMATB. If this system is DBCTL, format-name is blank.
nnnn
Modify ID number. When you initialize the MODSTAT data set, you decide what number to assign as the modify ID. Every time online change is successful, this number increments by 1. If you initialized this number to 0, the value indicates how many online changes have been successful since cold start. The modify ID is used to recover security status during an emergency restart.
This message is also issued after:
  • Simple checkpoint invoked by /DBD
  • Simple checkpoint invoked by /DBR
  • Simple checkpoint invoked by /CHE