PK80656: PERMIT IRE AND ITKB TO HAVE THEIR ISPF LIBRARIES MERGED

APAR status

• Closed as new function.

Error description

• Permit IMS Recovery Expert and IMS Tools Knowledge Base to
  have their ISPF libraries merged.
  .
  Without this enhancement, this can occur if libraries are
  merged:
  - A customer merges the RE and ITKB components into a
    single set of libraries.
  - They enter RE's ISPF interface by first getting into ITKB
    to view an RPID report.
  - ITKB issues ISPF LIBDEFs to access its components.
  - Since ITKB and RE components are in merged libraries, this
    also established RE's ISPF environment.
  - RE uses the ISPF PQUERY service to check if its panels can
    be accessed.
  - If the PQUERY fails, RE sets up its own LIBDEFs.
  - Since the panel being queried existed in the libraries
    established by ITKB, RE bypassed its LIBDEFs.
  - ITKB does not issue a LIBDEF for the skeleton library
    (ISPSLIB).
  - Since RE bypassed its LIBDEFs, there was no active LIBDEF
    for ISPSLIB.
  - RE's invocation of ISPF's FTINCL service failed because the
    skeleton wasn't found.
  - This resulted in nothing being generated by file tailoring
    and an empty data set being presented to the user.
  
  This is based off of FITS REQ MR0211097843.
  

Local fix

• Adding an SLIB LIBDEF in the ITKB EXEC.
  

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED: Potentially all users of the Recovery Point  *
  *                 ID ISPF interface who merge ISPF libraries   *
  *                 into common data sets.                       *
  ****************************************************************
  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: If the ISPF libraries associated with   *
  *                      the Recovery Point ID ISPF interface    *
  *                      are merged into common ISPF data sets,  *
  *                      the invocation of IROTREXL may          *
  *                      encounter an error and the skeleton     *
  *                      library may be missing.                 *
  ****************************************************************
  * RECOMMENDATION: INSTALL CORRECTIVE SERVICE FOR APAR/PTF      *
  ****************************************************************
  IROTREXL has been modified to check to make sure that all of the
  necessary Recovery Point ID ISPF data sets have been properly
  allocated.
  

Problem conclusion

Temporary fix

Comments

• IROTEXL has been modified to correct the problem.
  

APAR Information

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

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

  UK45939

Modules/Macros

• IROTREXL
  

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  IMS RECOVERY EX

• Fixed component ID

  5655R2600

Applicable component levels

• R110 PSY UK45939

     UP09/04/24 P F904