PH67282: GDPS CONTINUOUS AVAILABILITY FIX PACKAGE 2025-04

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APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• This APAR provides miscellaneous minor fixes for GDPS Continuous
  Availability. See problem summary for details
  

Local fix

Problem summary

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  * USERS AFFECTED: GDPS Continuous Availability                 *
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  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: GDPS Continuous Availability            *
  *                      fix package 2025-04                     *
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  This PTF addresses the following problems found at GDPS CA
  releases 4.7 and 4.8:
  
  - The following message issued during Satellite initialization
    is displayed in SDF with red color instead of yellow:
  
    GEO1148W THE GDPS CA SATELLITE CODE LEVEL INSTALLED <version>
    IS LOWER THAN THE LEVEL INSTALLED IN <version>
  
  - The following message issued during Routing Switch is
    displayed in SDF with yellow color instead of red:
  
    GEO1457E ROUTING SWITCH ABORTED
    WORKLOAD <workload_name>
    NO GATEWAY ACTIVE TO SYSTEM:<sysname>
  
  - The following message issued during Routing Switch is
    displayed in SDF with red color instead of yellow:
  
    GEO4601W ROUTING SWITCH FORCE WORKLOAD=<workload_name> soft
    errors. See message GEO4598I
  
  - The following message issued during Routing Switch is
    displayed in SDF with green color instead of red:
  
    GEO4655E ROUTING SWITCH FOR WORKLOAD <workload_name>
    <component> COMPONENT LIST NOT CREATED
  
  - During an unplanned switch, the following message is displayed
    twice in SDF. Once in with green color and again with yellow:
  
    GEO9990I UNSOLICITED MESSAGE RECEIVED: <message>
  
  - The following messages issued during Controller initialization
    are displayed in Netlog:
  
    DSI069I SYNTAX ERROR
    GDPS470-VPCAINIT: IPL Info initialization failed for system:
    <system_name>
  
  
  This PTF addresses the following problem found at GDPS CA 4.8:
  
  - The following message is displayed twice:
  
     GEO4943W UNSUPPORTED <subsystem_type> SUBSYSTEM LEVEL FOR
     <wkld_name> IN <system>. THE VERSION OF <subsystem_name>
     (<subsystem_version>) DOES NOT MEET THE GDPS REQUIRED VERSION
     (<required_version>)
  

Problem conclusion

• This PTF corrects the reported problems:
  
  - GEO1148W is now displayed in yellow (4.7 and 4.8)
  
  - GEO1457E is now displayed in red (4.7 and 4.8)
  
  - GEO4601W is now displayed in yellow (4.7 and 4.8)
  
  - GEO4655E is now displayed in red (4.7 and 4.8)
  
  - GEO9990I is now issued only once (4.7 and 4.8)
  
  - The DSI069I and 'IPL Info initialization failed for system'
    no longer occur during
  
  - GEO4943W is now displayed only once (4.8)
  
  DOCUMENTATION CHANGES
  
  Affected Publications: ZG24-6762
  
  GDPS Messages & Codes is updated to reflect SDF alert color
  changes in messages GEO1457E, GEO4601W, and GEO1148W.
  
  KEYWORDS: GDPSAA/K
  

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:

  UO06366 UO06367

Modules/Macros

• GEO114   GEO145   GEO460   VPCAGTI1 VPCAGTI3 VPCAGTX1 VPCAGTX3
  VPCAGX1C VPCAINAS VPCAINIT VPCAREFV VPCAREMQ VPCARETS VPCATAKE
  VPCCCPS0 VPCCDEFW VPCSREFV
  

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  GDPS

• Fixed component ID

  694235B00

Applicable component levels

• R470 PSY UO06367

     UP25/12/31 P F512

• R480 PSY UO06366

     UP25/12/31 P F512

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