Reconnecting to SMSVSAM for RLS access

CICS® connects to the SMSVSAM server, if present, and exchanges RLS recovery information.

In this exchange, CICS finds out whether SMSVSAM has lost any retained locks while CICS has been shut down. This could happen, for example, if SMSVSAM could not recover from a coupling facility failure that caused the loss of the lock structure. If this has happened, CICS is notified by SMSVSAM to perform lost locks recovery. See Lost locks recovery for information about this process.