PI83803: GDPS/PPRC GDPS/MTMM GDPS/HM FIX PACKAGE 2017-04

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APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• Collection APAR providing fixes for miscellaneous problems.
  See Problem Summary for details.
  

Local fix

Problem summary

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  * USERS AFFECTED: GDPS/PPRC GDPS/MTMM GDPS/GM GDPS/XRC         *
  *                 GDPS/MTMM with xDR                           *
  *                 GDPS/PPRC Hyperswap Manager                  *
  *                 Keywords:                                    *
  *                 GDPSPPRC/K GDPSMTMM/K GDPSGM/K GDPSXRC/K     *
  *                 GDPSXDRGUE/K GDPSXDRZOS/K GDPSPPRCHM/K       *
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  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: Collection APAR for GDPS/HM GDPS/PPRC   *
  *                      GDPS/MTMM GDPS/GM GDPS/XRC and          *
  *                      GDPS/MTMM with xDR related issues.      *
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  * RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
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  Problems addressed in GDPS release 3.12 3.13 and 3.14:
  - GDPS/HM GDPS/PPRC GDPS/MTMM GDPS/GM GDPS/XRC:
    SDF alert GEO270I delayed due to AUTGEO2 busy.
  - GDPS/HM GDPS/PPRC GDPS/MTMM:
    Enhancement to issue GEO516W instead of generic GEO519I for
    MC41 DS8K storage health alerts.
  - GDPS/PPRC GDPS/MTMM:
    Help panel text VPCPHK15 minor corrections of FC status
    description for the '+' and '?' characters.
  - GDPS/PPRC:
    With KSYSOFF=YES, if some utility devices are not path
    grouped successfully by GDPS, DASD status remains green
    OK, when it should be red OK.
  Problems addressed in GDPS release 3.13 and 3.14:
  - GDPS/HM:
    Sample member GEOM4HM incorrectly contains an entry for
    IEA395I which is not trapped in message table GEOMSGHM for
    Hyperswap Manager.
  Problems addressed in GDPS release 3.14 only:
  - All GDPS flavors:
    Stand Alone Dump may not be initiated due to failure of
    external interrupt to activate the HMC console. There is
    no message issued to indicate this.
  - GDPS/HM GDPS/PPRC GDPS/MTMM:
    GEO551I can become too long when reporting several SSIDs
    in error resulting in the message being split incorrectly.
    Also, in some situations the GEO555I message will contain
    an extra blank character in the <phase-text>.
  - GDPS/MTMM:
    During Monitor2,VPCEMDAS experiences a Rexx error
    - IRX0041I Error running VPCEMDAS, line 903:
      Bad arithmetic conversion
  - GDPS/PPRC:
    Rexx error in VPCEMSGK for DUPLEX PENDING state
    - IRX0041I Error running VPCEMSGK, line 123:
      Bad arithmetic conversion
      123 +++  do i = 1 to vpc_dasd_pair.0
  - GDPS/PPRC GDPS/MTMM with xDR
    Monitor2 may give incorrect results in some situations due
    to incorrect usage of an internal variable.
  - GDPS/PPRC GDPS/MTMM with xDR
    PSW Restart should only be issued against z/VM systems.
    z/Proxy Systems should be excluded.
  - GDPS/PPRC GDPS/MTMM with xDR
    In some cases when the communication between the Master
    K-system and a z/VM system is down, there are orphan entries
    on the VPCPFLFZ panel.
  Problems addressed in GDPS release 3.13 only:
  - GDPS/MTMM:
    Rexx errors can be generated from VPCELARM
    during GDPS initialization or DASD configuration
    load when alerts are cleared or issued to remote
    systems. The Rexx errors will only be seen on the
    remote systems and do not affect local SDF alert
    or WTO generation. The following messages are seen:
    - IRX0040I Error running VPCELARM, line 223:
      Incorrect call to routine
    - GEODBG1 AUTSDF1 nvdom PI73658-VPCELARM:
      'LIT "NOWTO"'
  

Problem conclusion

• The problems have been fixed.
  
  DOCUMENTATION CHANGES:
  Changes to GDPS Messages and Codes (ZG24-1756):
  - Added new <reason> for GEO551I:
    CGRPLB=N FOR SSID(S). CHECK PREVIOUS GEO083W
    FOR SSID IN ERROR
  - Added new <reason-text> for GEO516W:
    Data error during media scrub
  

Temporary fix

Comments

• ×**** PE17/09/21 FIX IN ERROR. SEE APAR PI87702  FOR DESCRIPTION
  

APAR Information

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

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

  UI50316 UI50317 UI50318 UI50319 UI50320 UI50321 UI50322 UI50323

Modules/Macros

• GEOM4HM  GEO51    GEO55    VPCEASYN VPCEDS8R
  VPCEFREZ VPCEHSCR VPCEHSMO VPCEKAT  VPCELNDS VPCEMDAS VPCEMSGK
  VPCESTD2 VPCETINI VPCPHK15 VPCPHK64
  

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  GDPS-GEO DISP P

• Fixed component ID

  694235B00

Applicable component levels

• R3CA PSY UI50319

     UP17/09/15 P F709

• R3CH PSY UI50320

     UP17/09/15 P F709

• R3C0 PSY UI50316

     UP17/09/15 P F709

• R3DA PSY UI50321

     UP17/09/15 P F709

• R3DC PSY UI50322

     UP17/09/15 P F709

• R3DH PSY UI50323

     UP17/09/15 P F709

• R3D0 PSY UI50317

     UP17/09/15 P F709

• R3E0 PSY UI50318

     UP17/09/15 P F709

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