PM69346: MSGIQC3306I OCCURS OR MESSAGES DO NOT UNLOAD WHEN UNLOAD DATA SET DISP= HAS DELETE OR GDG DATA SET WITH DISP OF PASS

Obtain the fix for this APAR.

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• If an UNLOAD dataset disposition is DISP=(NEW,CATLG,DELETE)
  then the following message is issued:
    IQC3306I UNLOAD DD cond disp may not be DELETE or unspecified
  This is as expected.   If a DISP is not specified then KEEP
  or CATLG should be coded for normal disposition of new data
  sets.  This area of code needs to be corrected so it works as
  expected.
  Also, if the UNLOAD data set is a GDG and DISP=(,PASS) then some
  messages are not unloaded.
  
  MSGIQC3306I will be re-written with this APAR as well.
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED: All users of QCF3.1 , which use UNLOAD jobs  *
  *                 to unload messages. This APAR fixes a        *
  *                 problem with normal and conditional          *
  *                 dispositions of the unload data sets.        *
  ****************************************************************
  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: This APAR fixes programs to ensure that *
  *                      UNLOAD data set is preserved when the   *
  *                      job ends with RC>0.                     *
  ****************************************************************
  * RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
  ****************************************************************
  In QCF3.1 there is a check of condition disposition of the
  UNLOAD data set. It cannot be DELETE, so if the function ends
  abnormally the messages will stay saved in the data set.
  
  If the condition disposition is not specified,
  then KEEP or CATL should be
  be coded for normal disposition of new data sets, which is not
  implemented completely in the current programs and is added by
  this APAR.
  
  With GDG data sets DISP=(,PASS) is also not acceptable (as
  the data set is new and is deleted after abnormal termination).
  This APAR makes sure that only DISP=(,KEEP) or DISP=(,CATL)
  is accptable for new GDG data sets.
  
  The message IQC3306I is change to IQC3306E and the text is:
  'UNLOAD DD conditional disposition
  may not be DELETE. If unspecified, normal disp should be KEEP/
  CATLG.
  

Problem conclusion

• Install the APAR to ensure full check of the normal and
  conditional disposition of UNLOAD data set.
  

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:

  UK80806

Modules/Macros

• IQCM2ENU IQCP0000 IQCULMOD IQCUNLOD
  

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  IMS QUEUE CNTL

• Fixed component ID

  5697E9900

Applicable component levels

• R310 PSY UK80806

     UP12/08/04 P F208

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