PH41787: IMS DDL AUTOIMPORT (OLC) FAILING (TIMEOUT) IN IMSPLEX FOLLOWING "DFS7445A IMPORT TIMED OUT AFTER DIRECTORY UPDATES COMMITTED"

Obtain the fix for this APAR.

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• DDL terminates with -8005, IMS returns the AIB return code
  00000108 and reason code 0000071D (x'0108'/x'071D').  Messages
  similar to these appear in Master IMS Subsystem:
  
  DFS7433E IMPORT PHASE CMT2 FAILED BECAUSE RM PROCESS STEP SENT
  TO IMS IMS2 TIMED OUT, COMMAND TOKEN=DA852745B664F445 IMSM
  DFS7445A IMPORT TIMED OUT AFTER DIRECTORY UPDATES COMMITTED,
  CHECK IF IMPORT NEEDS TO BE RETRIED IMSM
  DFS4776E AUTOMATIC ACTIVATION OF DDL DEFINITIONS FAILED ON IMSM
  REASON= OLC PHASE INCOMPLETE ON THIS IMS PST DFSDMnnn IMSM
  DFS4776E AUTOMATIC ACTIVATION OF DDL DEFINITIONS FAILED ON IMS2
  REASON= TIMEOUT ERROR PST DFSDMnnn IMSM
  DFS4774E AUTOMATIC ACTIVATION OF DDL FAILED FOR DBD dbdname1 ON
  IMSM RSN= NOT DONE DUE TO ERROR PST DFSDMnnn IMSM
  .
  .
  .
  DFS4377I AUTOMATIC ACTIVATION OF DDL SUBMISSION COMPLETE. RC=00.
  PST DFSDMnnn IMSM
  DFS4326E AUTOMATIC ACTIVATION OF DDL SUBMISSION ABORTED. PST
  DFSDMnnn IMSM
  

Local fix

• N/A
  

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED:                                              *
  * All IMS V15 users of managed ACBs                            *
  ****************************************************************
  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION:                                         *
  * When lots of DDL requests are running, it is possible that   *
  * one of the many online change phases associated with the DDL *
  * automatic import times out.   IMS appears to hang.  It is    *
  * waiting for an IMPORT DEFN SOURCE(CATALOG) command to be     *
  * issued to finish up the import.                              *
  ****************************************************************
  * RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
  * INSTALL CORRECTIVE SERVICE FOR APAR/PTF                      *
  ****************************************************************
  If lots of DDL requests are running and one of the many online
  change phases times out, the DDL request fails.  If a phase
  before the directory changes are committed times out, IMS aborts
  the online change.  If a phase after the directory changes are
  committed times out, IMS can't abort the online change and
  leaves the IMSs in an online change state.  The DDL requests
  seem to be timing out too frequently.
  

Problem conclusion

• DFSOLC00 is changed to preserve the existing timeout value, if
  the new timeout value is zero.
  
  IMSDDL/K
  IMSMGDACBS/K
  

Temporary fix

• *********
  * HIPER *
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Comments

APAR Information

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

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

  UI78543

Modules/Macros

• DFSOLC00
  

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  IMS V15

• Fixed component ID

  5635A0600

Applicable component levels

• R500 PSY UI78543

     UP21/12/15 P F112 ¢

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