Dear CA Customer:

The purpose of this Critical Alert is to inform you of a potential problem that has been recently identified with CA Database Management for IMS for z/OS. Please read the information provided below and follow the instructions in order to avoid being impacted by this problem.  

PRODUCT(S) AFFECTED:

CA High Performance Recovery for IMS    Version 20.0

CA High Performance Recovery for IMS    Version 19.0

PROBLEM DESCRIPTION:

When executing the RECOVER function with RECOVERTIME and specifying

A particular point in time, the database recovery might fail because the utility cannot find the required image copy. The utility incorrectly processes the user input timestamp if the timestamp is a date in 2020 where the year is defined using just two digits.

When executing the FIND function from the Recovery Analyzer component, the utility might fail and does not print any requested timestamp. In the RMGCTLR input data set, the option RPTYPE is specified with value Q.

SYMPTOMS:

The recovery utility ends with return code 12. In the CHAMSGS output data set you can find the following error messages:

ITK1404E NO VALID IMAGE COPY FOR PIT REQUEST.                                   

CHA4605E DBRC List.Hi.wSTR ERROR FOR DBD=dbd, RC=08, REASON=C'IM', X'0008'.

CHA0105E DBRC CAGRP processing failed                                           

Recovery Analyzer utility fails with return code 12. In the RMGMSGS data set you can see the following messages:

RMG0F02I CONTROL STATEMENT ANALYSIS COMPLETED.                     

RMG1300I *  dbd_name1 *                                            

RMG1300I *  dbd_name2 *                                            

RMG1321I QA GENERATED RANGE FROM ===> 00/806.45:05:54.0.00000+00:00

RMG1321I QA GENERATED RANGE TO   ===> 00/807.45:05:54.0.00000+00:00

RMG1320E No QA Recovery Point found.                               

IMPACT:

The recovery function is terminated and the recovered database is not

updated.

The FIND function does not provide any recovery timestamp.

CIRCUMVENTION:

In the DBOCTRL input data set, in the option RECOVERTIME specify the timestamp with the year defined by four digits (including the century). Then resubmit the job.

There is no circumvention for the FIND function problem.

PROBLEM RESOLUTION:

R19 PTFs SO11640 and SO11641.

R20 PTFs SO11579 and SO11580.

If you have any questions about this Critical Alert, please contact CA Support.

Thank you,

CA Support Team