II03589: USING D/T1419 CHECK SORTER CAN CAUSE VARIOUS SYSTEM AND REPORT PROBLEMS.

APAR status

• Closed as canceled.

Error description

• COMPID: 5796PLQ00 R224 VSE/PT, VSE PERFORMANCE TOOL, R 2.2.4.
  VARIOUS PROBLEMS HAVE BEEN REPORTED FROM CUSTOMERS USING THE
  D/T1419 CHECK SORTER.  TWO MAJOR PROBLEMS WILL BE COVERED IN
  THIS APAR.
     1.)  THE CUSTOMER THAT REPORTED THIS FIRST PROBLEM WAS A BANK
          ENVIRONMENT.  THEY WERE USING D/T1419'S WHILE MONITORING
          FOR LONG INTERVALS OF TIME.  WHEN VSE/PT WAS TERMINATED,
          THE PRODUCT SEEMED TO BE IN A LOOP, AND NEVER TERMINATED
          NORMALLY.  THE CUSTOMER WOULD HAVE TO FORCE AN ABNORMAL
          TERMINATION TO STOP VSE/PT.  IF THE CUSTOMER HAD THE
          D/T1419 TURNED OFF, VSE/PT WOULD TERMINATE NORMALLY.
          A POSSIBLE CIRCUMVENTION TO THIS PROBLEM FOLLOWS:
             1) START VSE/PT BEFORE STARTING THE D/T1419.
             2) START THE D/T1419.
             3) TERMINATE THE D/T1419.
             4) TERMINATE VSE/PT.
          THIS CIRCUMVENTION WILL NOT RESOLVE THE SECOND PROBLEM
          REPORTED BELOW, BUT MAY ALLOW VSE/PT TO BE RUN
          SUCCESSFULLY ALONG WITH D/T1419 IN THE SAME ENVIRONMENT.
       2) THE SYSTEM ACTIVITY REPORT (DOSVSESA) WILL SHOW ZERO CPU
          UTILIZATION IF THE D/T1419 IS BEING USED DURING THE
          MONITORING PHASE.  THE PROBLEM HERE IS THAT THE D/T1419
          IS ISSUING SUCH A HIGH RATE OF I/O'S, VSE/PT CAN NOT
          ACCURATELY MONITOR THEM.
  ****************************************************************
  ADDITIONAL NOTE:
     WHEN THE D/T1419 CHECK SORTER WAS REPLACED WITH A D/T3890
  CHECK SORTER, THE PROBLEM NO LONGER EXISTED.  THE D/T3890 SEEMS
  TO RUN SUCCESSFULLY WITH VSE/PT ALLOWING NORMAL TERMINATION AND
  REPORTING FUNCTIONS.
  

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Problem summary

Problem conclusion

Temporary fix

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