PI46962: GDPS MISCELLANEOUS FIXES 4Q2015

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APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• This APAR provides miscellaneous minor fixes.
  

Local fix

Problem summary

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  * USERS AFFECTED: GDPS/PPRC GDPS/HM GDPS/XRC GDPS/GM           *
  *                 GDPS/MTMM GDPS/A-A                           *
  *                 GDPS/PPRC xDR for guest Linux on z Systems   *
  *                 GDPS/MTMM xDR for guest Linux on z Systems   *
  *                 Keywords:                                    *
  *                 GDPSPPRC/K GDPSPPRCHM/K GDPSXRC/K GDPSGM/K   *
  *                 GDPSMTMM/K GDPSXDRGUE/K GDPSAA/K             *
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  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: Miscellaneous GDPS fixes                *
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  * RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
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  Problems addressed in GDPS release 3.12 only:
  - GDPS_Check_STATE may issue false exception message GEOH093E
    when the health check is run in the window between NetView
    start and the first Monitor1 execution.
  - GDPS_CHECK_JOBS may issue GEOH030A for started task '***??***'
    when system data mover address spaces are starting or
    stopping.
  - IRX0041I for 'Bad arithmetic conversion' in VPCEIPGC may occur
    during GDPS Initialization when no valid system is found in
    the master list.
  - When GDPS is initialized on the master K-sys, and there is
    heavy DASD channel path contention, the first Monitor2 run may
    take an excessively long time to complete. If GDPS debug is
    active, GEODBG1 messages from VPCEDEVC are observed indicating
    PIPE DEVSERV query unsuccessful.
  - GEO225E for CPCNAME.LPARNAME mismatch occurs if D M=CPU or
    D M=CORE returns CPC_UNKNOWN_NAME during GDPS initialization.
  - When panel VPCPFLFX displays a long script statement (more
    than 60 characters) that has a syntax error, the second line
    of the statement display is not colored red.
  - Running GDPSIVHP without the GEOZOSP operator defined gives
    IRX0040I for 'Incorrect call to routine' in VPCLIVHP.
  - Message CNM421I for INVALID COMMAND VPCEVTSQ ENCOUNTERED
    appears in GDPS/XRC Netlog during Monitor2 processing.
  - Panel VPCWPFYX indicates 'Buttons are locked. Please check
    your log' after a manual reset of a production system from the
    HMC caused a takeover prompt.
  - GEO112E message text is truncated in GDPS/MzGM 4-site.
    Text appears as 'GEO112E GDPS Takeover prompt genera'.
  - GEO101E message help panel has formatting errors and typos.
  - Help panels and documentation are missing for messages
    GEO1209E, GEO1210E and GEO1211I.
  
  Problems addressed in GDPS release 3.11 and 3.12:
  - When the GDPSIVHP command is issued on a system with NetView
    V5R4 or lower, REXX errors occur and the results panel is not
    displayed.
  - Panel VPCPMST1 may display the wrong LSS pair with red color.
  - After using the V action on panel VPCPMSG1, the original
    positioning on the panel is lost, and the top of list is
    displayed.
  - GDPS_CHECK_GRS gives an invalid exception when SFM policy is
    inactive and/or aggregate SFM weights are similar in site1 and
    site2. GEOH065E message indicates that GRS structure ISGLOCK
    is allocated in wrong coupling facility site instead of
    indicating that the Health Check cannot determine appropriate
    GRS structure coupling facility.
  
  Problems addressed in GDPS release 3.10, 3.11, and 3.12:
  - When the XDRSTOP command is issued, the verification panel
    VPCPSTD6 may have incorrect or missing text.
  - GDPS/GM and GDPS/MGM DASD Configuration processing may
    incorrectly display panel VPCPCFGX indicating 'current
    XDISK-definition(s) do NOT match with the new config'. Netlog
    shows GEOTRC messages from VPCMDINI or VPCNDINI CompareXdisk
    indicating 'Number old XDISKs' greater than 'Number new
    XDISKs'. This can occur if new LSSSET statements are added or
    removed in the middle of an existing GEOMPARM.
  - GDPS/MGM incorrectly requires specification of MSSRSITE=YES in
    GEOMPARM for configurations with B-devices in the alternate
    subchannel set. This should be required only if GMFC is in the
    alternate subchannel set.
  - If a system is IPL'd with the wrong subchannel set, the
    GEO059E SDF alert may be lost due to the system having been
    reset, thereby leaving the user with no record of why the
    reset occurred.
  - MONITOR QHADISABLE, when used in a GDPS/XRC batch script, does
    not properly disable QHA monitoring, and an erroneous GEO274W
    alert may be raised.
  - When clearing a prior GEO597E alert for xDR configuration
    error, it appears as if a new alert is being issued.
  - VPCPFLFX panel messaging is unclear when verifying the local
    initiator for remote script execution, and client has defined
    partner element to the wrong sysplex.
  - GDPS/GM does not properly recognize 971/97E and 981/98E
    (DS8880) disk storage systems.
  

Problem conclusion

• Problems have been fixed in the specified releases.
  ACTION REQUIRED
   PTFs for this APAR update the load modules for the following
   GDPS 3.12 health checks: GDPS_CHECK_JOBS and GDPS_Check_GRS,
   and the following 3.11 health check: GDPS_Check_GRS.
   For information on the actions required to implement this
   change, see the Technote at the following URL:
   http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21959594
  DOCUMENTATION CHANGES (all releases)
   Revisions to GDPS Messages and Codes (ZG24-1756):
    GEO059E message destination now also includes SYSLOG.
  DOCUMENTATION CHANGES (release 3.12)
   Revisions to GDPS Messages and Codes (ZG24-1756):
    GEO101E description is reformatted and corrected.
   Revisions to GDPS/Active-Active 1.5 Planning and Implementation
    Guide (ZG24-1767): Message descriptions are added for
    GEO1209E, GEO1210E, and GEO1211I.
  

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:

  UI34101 UI34102 UI34103 UI34104 UI34106 UI34105 UI34107 UI34108
  UI34109 UI34110 UI34112 UI34111 UI34113 UI34114 UI34115

Modules/Macros

• GEO05    GEO10    GEO120   GEO121   VPCAPOQU
  VPCEANDS VPCEDEVC VPCEFUSA VPCEINIT VPCEINI3 VPCEIPGC VPCEIPLC
  VPCEMON  VPCETAKE VPCLCMDA VPCLIVHP VPCLSTD1 VPCMDINI VPCMQST1
  VPCNDINI VPCPHKC5 VPCPHKC6 VPCPHKC7 VPCPSTD6 VPCWPFYX VPCWPIVP
  VPCXDASD VPC8CB00 VPC8C001 VPC8C010 VPC8M001 VPC8XMSG
  

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  GDPS-GEO DISP P

• Fixed component ID

  694235B00

Applicable component levels

• R3AC PSY UI34104

     UP15/12/29 P F512

• R3AG PSY UI34105

     UP15/12/29 P F512

• R3AH PSY UI34106

     UP15/12/29 P F512

• R3A0 PSY UI34101

     UP15/12/29 P F512

• R3BC PSY UI34107

     UP15/12/29 P F512

• R3BG PSY UI34108

     UP15/12/29 P F512

• R3BH PSY UI34109

     UP15/12/29 P F512

• R3BI PSY UI34110

     UP15/12/29 P F512

• R3B0 PSY UI34102

     UP15/12/29 P F512

• R3CC PSY UI34111

     UP15/12/29 P F512

• R3CD PSY UI34112

     UP15/12/29 P F512

• R3CG PSY UI34113

     UP15/12/29 P F512

• R3CH PSY UI34114

     UP15/12/29 P F512

• R3CI PSY UI34115

     UP15/12/29 P F512

• R3C0 PSY UI34103

     UP15/12/29 P F512

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