II06997: FORWARD RECOVERY USING CICSVR WITH OV/MVS CALENDAR FILES RESULTSIN MSGDWW099E - SEVERE VSAM ERROR, VSAM REASON CODE WAS 108.

APAR status

• Closed as user error.

Error description

• CICSVR/MVS V1R1M1 568508901 HGI1112
  CICSVR is being used to forward recover several OV/MVS
    VSAM files.  Several of these files get message DWW099E -
    SEVERE VSAM ERROR AT UPDATE OF dataset.  VSAM REASON CODE
    WAS 108.
    Forward recovery for all files getting this error stopped
    after receiving the error.
    The sample user exit was changed so that VSAM Reason Code
    108 would be bypassed, and all ADD's failed with the 108
    failure.  Testing showed that none of the updates for these
    files were done.
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• The OV/MVS Calendar and AS files in question are defined
    to VSAM as having fixed-length records.  That is the
    DEFINE CLUSTER parameters specify RECORDSIZE as being the
    same for both Average and Maximum lengths.
    Therefore, the user assumed the CICSVR RECOVER parameters
    should specify...
       FCTCOMP FCTNAME(......) RECFORM(FIXED)
    However, the sample OV/MVS FCT entries for these files
    did not specify RECFORM=FIXED, so CICS defaults to logging
    the after-image records with a 4-byte length in front.
    When CICSVR tries to add the record with a 4-byte longer
    length, VSAM returns Reason Code 108 (documented in the
    VSAM Administration: Macro Instruction Reference) meaning
    RECLEN specified was larger than the maximum allowed.
  

Problem conclusion

• Even when a VSAM file is defined with Fixed-Length records,
    the CICSVR FCTCOMP RECFORM parameter must match how the
    RECFORM is defined in the FCT.
    In this case,
      . the RECOVER worked when the CICSVR FCTCOMP specified
        RECFORM(VARIABLE)
      . OV/MVS APARs OY63183 and OY62446 address the FCT coding,
        so that CICS logs the after-images as if the records
        are fixed-length.
  

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

• APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:

• APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:

Fix information

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