PH50416: USERS ARE INTERMITTENTLY UNABLE TO USE THE ISPF USER INTERFACE AFTER A QCFIN OPEN ERROR

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APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• All users are unable to successfully use the QCF ISPF UI after a
  QCFIN open error.
  This issue is kicked off by a user getting a RACF authorization
  violation.  After this, other users (who have access)
  intermittently cannot use the ISPF UI QCF panels.
  

Local fix

• Recycle the QCF Server.
  
  An indication that the defect has occurred is when the following
  two messages appear at the same time:
  IQC8001E UNABLE TO OPEN DATASET, DDNAME=QCFIN@02
  BPE0040E DYN UNALLOC FAILED FOR PRINT@02, RC=00000004/00000420
  

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED: All IBM IMS Queue Control Facility for z/OS  *
  *                 Version 3 Release 2 (FMID=H0GN320) users.    *
  ****************************************************************
  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: All users are unable to successfully    *
  *                      use the QCF ISPF UI after a QCFIN open  *
  *                      error. This issue is kicked off by a    *
  *                      user getting a RACF authorization       *
  *                      violation. After this, other users      *
  *                      (who have access) intermittently        *
  *                      cannot use the ISPF UI QCF panels.      *
  ****************************************************************
  * RECOMMENDATION: Apply the maintenance for this APAR.         *
  ****************************************************************
  When using the ISPF UI and detecting an OPEN error for the QCFIN
  data set, it terminates without being closed the QCFPRINT data
  set and the UNALLOCTE processing for the QCFPRINT data set fails
  in error postprocessing. This leaves the QCFPRINT data set
  allocated to the QCF Server, and when another user uses the ISPF
  UI, DYNALLOC fails, and it cannot be used successfully.
  

Problem conclusion

• QCF has been changed to close the QCFPRINT data set after
  detecting an OPEN error for the QCFIN data set.
  

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:

  UI83574

Modules/Macros

• IQCXCTRL
  

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  IMS QUEUE CNTL

• Fixed component ID

  5697E9900

Applicable component levels

• R320 PSY UI83574

     UP22/12/07 P F212

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