PH64659: IMS OBJECT DISCOVERY FAILS IF DBA USERID DOES NOT HAVE ACCESS TOA SYSTEM RDDS

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APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• If an IMS system resource definition data set (system RDDS) is
  protected to access by the UMS DBA userID due to IMS system
  administration policy, the IMS Object Discovery will fail for
  the IMS data sharing group to which that IMS subsystem belongs.
  The failing jobstep name of the failing job is DISCOV and its
  program name is IZPSIQR0. The IMS Object Discovery process
  should function in an IMS environment where system RDDS access
  is strictly restricted.
  

Local fix

• N/A
  

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED: IBM Unified Management Server for z/OS       *
  *                 users who are using IMS Administration       *
  *                 Foundation features                          *
  ****************************************************************
  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: IMS Object Discovery fails if the UMS   *
  *                      DBA user ID lacks access to a system    *
  *                      RDDS or does not have UPDATE access to  *
  *                      a RECON data set.                       *
  ****************************************************************
  * RECOMMENDATION: Apply the PTF provided by this APAR          *
  ****************************************************************
  This APAR addresses two issues related to IMS Object Discovery's
  resource access authorities: access to system RDDS data sets and
  access to RECON data sets.
  *
  1. Access to system RDDS data sets
    If an IMS system resource definition data set (system RDDS) is
  protected from access by the UMS DBA user ID due to IMS system
  administration policy, the IMS Object Discovery will fail for
  the IMS data sharing group to which that IMS subsystem belongs.
  The failing job step is named DISCOV, and its program name is
  IZPSIQR0.
   The IMS Object Discovery process should function in an IMS
  environment where system RDDS access is strictly restricted.
  *
  2. Access to RECON Data Sets
    If the UMS DBA user ID does not have UPDATE access authority
  to RECON data sets, the RECON Discovery program of IMS Object
  Discovery will fail for the IMS data sharing group to which that
  IMS subsystem belongs. The failing job step is named DISCOV,
  and its program name is IZPSIQD0.
    The RECON Discovery program should work if the DBA user ID
  has only READ authority to RECON data sets. Since the RECON
  Discovery program only refers to RECON and does not update it,
  READ access is sufficient.
  

Problem conclusion

• 1. IMS Object Discovery process has been changed to use IMS
     Type-2 QUERY commands instead of accessing RDDS or IMSRSC
     Repository to discover IMS online resources. This change
     removes the requirement that the IMS subsystems to be
     registered to UMS as a data sharing group must be configured
     with RDDS or IMSRSC repository.
  2. IMS Object Discovery process has been changed to access RECON
     data sets with READONLY option specified for DBRC API.
  

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:

Modules/Macros

• IZP2IFIP IZPDAJP  IZPDATPP IZPDISCP IZPGEN00 IZPIVP   IZPMIG00
  IZPMNFST IZPSERVE IZPSIQC0 IZPSIQD0 IZPSIQR0 IZPUI    IZPUSCP
  IZPYAML
  

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  UNIFIED MGMT SV

• Fixed component ID

  5698UM100

Applicable component levels

• R120 PSY UO02772

     UP25/04/16 P F504

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