Troubleshooting
Problem
Understanding the circumstances under which Tivoli Advanced Allocation Management issues the GLO7003W (APF-authorization) message in a TSO/ISPF environment.
Symptom
Very early in processing, the GLOLOGRP utility attempts to determine the authorization that is required for the services that it calls. When a specified SMF data set resides on tape, Advanced Allocation Management is aware that APF authorization is required to dynamically allocate the data set. When it performs the check for APF authorization and GLOLOGRP is initiated from the ISPF dialog, the check fails. This is because in a TSO/ISPF environment, APF authorization is often lost.
Cause
This lost APF authorization can be caused by several factors:
• A program in the calling sequence does not have APF authorization
• The data set that contains GLOLOGRP is concatenated with one or more non-authorized data sets
• GLOLOGRP and all higher level programs do not reside in the TSO authorized commands table.
Environment
TSO/ISPF environment
Resolving The Problem
Resolving the problem
It is important to note that while all of the requirements could be met, the process will most likely still fail because mounting tapes from TSO requires special MOUNT authority which most installations do not provide.
Therefore, to eliminate the loss of APF authorization when you specify one or more SMF data sets that reside on tape, run the GLOLOGRP utility in batch.
Documentation updates
Note the following updates to the IBM Tivoli Advanced Allocation Management for z/OS User’s Guide Version 3 Release 2, chapter “Using the Advanced Allocation Management user interface”, in the following sections.
Input Options
Add the following text to the note for the Tivoli Advanced Allocation Management View
Event History panel SMF Source File field:
If you run the reporting utility from the ISPF interface, the SMF data set must reside on disk. To use a tape data set, run the reporting utility in batch.
Specifying additional SMF source files
Add the following text to the note for step 1:
If you run the reporting utility from the ISPF interface, all of the SMF data sets must reside on disk. To use tape data sets, run the reporting utility in batch.
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Modified date:
08 April 2021
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