Hi gang, Anyone seen this sort of thing before?
DFHSM has suddenly decided to stop running Secondary Space Management for what appears to be (but never is) no reason at all. No Changes to system, same release as all the other systems and suddenly bosch! it decides not to run it. The catalog and the MCDS are beginning to bulge but as its not on a Prod system, we can live with it at the moment. Firstly, here's the current Q SETSYS.. . ARC0101I QUERY SETSYS COMMAND STARTING ON HOST=1 ARC0147I BUDENSITY=*, BUUNIT=C36V, BU RECYCLE PERCENTAGE=020%, MOUNT WAIT ARC0147I (CONT.) TIME=003 MINUTE(S), TAPESPANSIZE(0400) ARC0419I SELECTVOLUME=SCRATCH, TAPEDELETION=SCRATCHTAPE, PARTIALTAPE=REUSE, ARC0419I (CONT.) DISASTERMODE=NO ARC0408I INPUT TAPE ALLOCATION=NOWAIT, OUTPUT TAPE ALLOCATION=NOWAIT, RECYCLE ARC0408I (CONT.) TAPE ALLOCATION=NOWAIT, TAPEFORMAT=SINGLEFILE ARC0417I TAPE INPUT PROMPT FOR BACKUPTAPES=NO ARC0417I TAPE INPUT PROMPT FOR DUMPTAPES=YES ARC0417I TAPE INPUT PROMPT FOR MIGRATIONTAPES=NO ARC0442I TAPE OUTPUT PROMPT FOR TAPECOPY=NO, DUPLEX BACKUP TAPES=NO, DUPLEX ARC0442I (CONT.) MIGRATION TAPES=NO ARC0410I TAPEMIGRATION=ML2TAPE(TAPE(C36V)), MIGDENSITY=*, MIGUNIT=C36V, ML2 ARC0410I (CONT.) RECYCLE PERCENTAGE=030%, TAPEMAXRECALLTASKS=01, ML2 PARTIALS ARC0410I (CONT.) NOT ASSOCIATED GOAL=010, RECONNECT(NONE) ARC0411I TAPESECURITY=RACFINCLUDE EXPIRATIONINCLUDE, DEFERMOUNT ARC0412I RECYCLEOUTPUT BACKUP=**NONE**, MIGRATION=**NONE** ARC0840I MAXRECYCLETASKS=01, RECYCLE INPUT DEALLOCATION FREQUENCY BACKUP=000 ARC0840I (CONT.) MIGRATION=000 ARC0149I MONITOR NOSTARTUP NOSPACE NOVOLUME, MCDS(090), BCDS(090), OCDS (090), ARC0149I (CONT.) JOURNAL(090) ARC0150I JOURNAL=RECOVERY, LOG=NO, TRACE=NO, SMFID=0243, DEBUG=NO, EMERG=NO, ARC0150I (CONT.) JES=2, SYS1DUMP=NO, RACFIND=NO, ERASEONSCRATCH=NO, PDA=OFF ARC0151I DAYS=002, ML1DAYS=025, PRIMARYSPMGMTSTART=(0100 0800), ARC0151I (CONT.) MAXMIGRATIONTASKS=0001, INTERVALMIGRATION=NO, ARC0151I (CONT.) MIGRATIONCLEANUPDAYS(0010 0030 0003), SDSP=560KB, MIGRATION ARC0151I (CONT.) PREFIX=HSMMIG, SCRATCH EXPIRED DATA SETS=NO, ARC0151I (CONT.) SECONDARYSPMGMTSTART=(2000 2350) ARC0272I PRIMARY SPACE MGMT CYCLE LENGTH=07 DAYS, CYCLE=YYYYYYY, TODAY IS ARC0272I (CONT.) DAY=05, CYCLE START DATE=92/10/12, SECONDARY SPACE MGMT CYCLE ARC0272I (CONT.) LENGTH=07 DAYS, CYCLE=YYYYYYY, TODAY IS DAY=04, CYCLE START ARC0272I (CONT.) DATE=92/10/12 ARC0139I MAXINTERVALTASKS=01, MAXSSMTASKS(TAPEMOVEMENT=01, CLEANUP=02) ARC0374I ACCEPTPSCBUSERID=NO ARC0152I MAXRECALLTASKS=15, RECALL=PRIVATEVOLUME(UNLIKE), MAXEXTENTS=10, ARC0152I (CONT.) CONVERSION=NO, VOLCOUNT=ANY, TAPERECALLLIMITS(TASK=00015, ARC0152I (CONT.) TAPE=00020) ARC0153I SCRATCHFREQ=0002, SYSOUT(CLASS=M, COPIES=01, SPECIAL FORMS=NONE), ARC0153I (CONT.) SWAP=NO, PERMISSION=NO, EXITS=BD,IN,MD,TV, UNLOAD=YES, ARC0153I (CONT.) DATASETSERIALIZATION=USER ARC0418I TAPEUTILIZATION PERCENT=0097, LIBRARYMIGRATION ARC0418I TAPEUTILIZATION PERCENT=0097, LIBRARYBACKUP ARC0418I TAPEUTILIZATION PERCENT=0097, UNIT=3480 CAPACITYMODE=**NONE** ARC0418I TAPEUTILIZATION PERCENT=0097, UNIT=3480X CAPACITYMODE=**NONE** ARC0418I TAPEUTILIZATION PERCENT=0097, UNIT=3490 CAPACITYMODE=**NONE** ARC0418I TAPEUTILIZATION PERCENT=0097, UNIT=3590-1 CAPACITYMODE=**NONE** ARC0418I TAPEUTILIZATION PERCENT=0097, UNIT=C36V CAPACITYMODE=**NONE** ARC0638I MAXDUMPTASKS=02, ADSTART=(0000 0000 0000), DUMPIO=(1,4), ARC0638I (CONT.) VOLUMEDUMP=(NOCC) ARC0274I BACKUP=YES(TAPE(C36V)), SPILL=NO, MAXDSRECOVERTASKS=02 ARC0154I MAXBACKUPTASKS=01, ABSTART= (2200 0600 0800), VERSIONS=002, ARC0154I (CONT.) FREQUENCY=001, SKIPABPRIMARY=NO, BACKUP PREFIX=HSMBACK, ARC0154I (CONT.) INCREMENTALBACKUP=CHANGEDONLY, PROFILEBACKUP=NO, ARC0154I (CONT.) INUSE=(RETRY=NO, DELAY=015, SERIALIZATION=REQUIRED) ARC0269I DATA SET DASD BACKUP TASKS=02 DATA SET TAPE BACKUP TASKS=02, ARC0269I (CONT.) DEMOUNTDELAY MINUTES=0060, MAXIDLETASKS=00, DATA SET BACKUP ARC0269I (CONT.) MAXIMUM DASD SIZE=003000, DATA SET BACKUP STANDARD DASD ARC0269I (CONT.) SIZE=000250, SWITCHTAPES TIME=0000, PARTIALTAPE=MARKFULL ARC1823I MAXCOPYPOOL (FRBACKUP TASKS=0015, FRRECOV TASKS=0015, DSS TASKS=0024) ARC0169I USER UNIT NAMES=C36V ARC0375I CDSVERSIONBACKUP, MCDSBACKUPDSN=HSM.MCDS.BACKUP, ARC0375I (CONT.) BCDSBACKUPDSN=HSM.BCDS.BACKUP, OCDSBACKUPDSN=HSM.OCDS.BACKUP, ARC0375I (CONT.) JRNLBACKUPDSN=HSM.JRNL.BACKUP ARC0376I BACKUPCOPIES=0007, BACKUPDEVICECATEGORY=TAPE UNITNAME=C36V, DENSITY=*, ARC0376I (CONT.) RETPD=0007, PARALLEL, LATESTFINALQUALIFIER=D0001973, ARC0376I (CONT.) DATAMOVER=DSS ARC0203I CSALIMITS=YES, CSA CURRENTLY USED=152 BYTES, MWE=4, MAXIMUM=350K ARC0203I (CONT.) BYTES, ACTIVE=90%, INACTIVE=30% ARC0340I COMPACTION OPTIONS ARE: TAPEMIGRATION=NO, DASDMIGRATION=YES, ARC0340I (CONT.) TAPEBACKUP=NO, DASDBACKUP=YES, TAPEHARDWARECOMPACT=YES ARC0341I COMPACT PERCENT IS 30% ARC0339I OPTIMUMDASDBLOCKING=YES, LOGGING LEVEL=EXCEPTIONONLY, LOG TYPE=SYSOUT ARC0339I (CONT.) M ARC6008I AGGREGATE BACKUP/RECOVERY PROCNAME = DFHSMABR ARC6009I AGGREGATE BACKUP/RECOVERY MAXADDRESSSPACE = 01 ARC6366I AGGREGATE BACKUP/RECOVERY UNIT NAME = 3590-1 ARC6368I AGGREGATE BACKUP/RECOVERY ACTIVITY LOG MESSAGE LEVEL IS FULL ARC6371I AGGREGATE RECOVERY ML2 TAPE UNIT NAME = 3590-1 ARC6372I NUMBER OF ABARS I/O BUFFERS = 01 ARC6373I ABARS ACTIVITY LOG OUTPUT TYPE = SYSOUT(A) ARC6033I AGGREGATE RECOVERY UNIT NAME = 3590-1 ARC6036I AGGREGATE BACKUP OPTIMIZE = 3 ARC6036I AGGREGATE RECOVERY TGTGDS = SOURCE ARC6036I AGGREGATE RECOVERY ABARSVOLCOUNT = *NONE* ARC6036I AGGREGATE RECOVERY PERCENTUTILIZED = 080 ARC6036I AGGREGATE BACKUP/RECOVERY ABARSDELETEACTIVITY = NO ARC6036I AGGREGATE BACKUP/RECOVERY ABARSTAPES = STACK ARC6036I AGGREGATE BACKUP ABARSKIP = NOPPRC, NOXRC ARC1500I PLEXNAME=ARCPLEX0,PROMOTE PRIMARYHOST=NO,PROMOTE SSM=NO,COMMON RECALL ARC1500I (CONT.) QUEUE BASE NAME=***** ARC0101I QUERY SETSYS COMMAND COMPLETED ON HOST=1 Anyone see anything obvious 'cause I can't. We dumped HSM during the time the SSM should have been running and IBM responded that the dump showed 3 SSM tasks but all 3 were waiting for work. If that's the case, I would still expect to see the ARC0517I SECONDARY SPACE MANAGEMENT STARTING msgs. We are not seeing them at all. Whilst we delve further into this (with IBM) I thought I'd throw it open to MAIN subscribers to see if anyone had similar experiences? What action would you guys take? Unfortunately, i'm just back from a couple of years R&R and it's taking me time to get up to speed again. This seems an ideal welcome home present and i'll post the resulting answers when (not if) we have them. Hopefully, one of you HSM experts out there will spot the stupid error and we can put this to bed. In the meantime, anyone who cares to (or has time to) take an intrest, fill your boots. Thanks, JJ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html

