PI82373: WITH WAPL RETRY POLICY SET BY OPTIONS CONTENTION, USING THE CONNTENTION PARM IN THE OPTIONS, IS NOT FUNCTIONING PROPERLY.

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APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• Using Workload Scheduler 9.3 WAPL on ZOS, I am attempting to
  retrieve a JOBLOG from a TWS agent. The WAPL documentation
  details; SELECT JL will cause the job log of the selected
  operation to be output. If the job log has not already been
  retrieved then this will trigger a retrieval action and Workload
  Automation Programming Language will attempt the SELECT command
  again in accordance with the retry policy set by OPTIONS
  CONTENTION. When using the CONNTENTION parm in the OPTIONS, we
  are observing that the delay is not functioning correctly.
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED: All IWS for z/OS 930 users                   *
  *                 FUNCTION=WAPL                                *
  ****************************************************************
  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: Two problems in WAPL are fixed:         *
  *                      1) CONTENTION parameter not honored     *
  *                      2) EQQI207F Invalid keyword *           *
  *                         during a WSSTART command             *
  ****************************************************************
  This Apar fixes two problems in WAPL code:
  1. The CONTENTION parameter in WAPL OPTIONS during
     a SELECT JL is not honored.
     If the joblog is not available the job ends
     immediately without waiting the time specified in
     the CONTENTION parameter between a retry and another
  2. Following WAPL statement
        //SYSIN    DD *
     OPTIONS DBMODE(COPY)
     WSSTART WSNAME(CPUA) NEW_WSNAME(CPUC)
       DESCR('COPY OF A WS')
     ends with RC=0 and succesfully creates the CPUC workstation
     as a copy of CPUA but following error message is issued
     in the output:
  
     EQQI200I LIST WSCPUREC *(CPUC)
     EQQI207F Invalid keyword *
     EQQI299I Statement completed - RC=12
  

Problem conclusion

• Both problems were fixed
  

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:

  UI49853 UI50698

Modules/Macros

•    EQQFLALL EQQFLDB  EQQGRPDB EQQREF   EQQWAPL
  EQQWSW   EQQYXLSN EQQYXTOP
  

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  TIV WRKLD SCHD

• Fixed component ID

  5697WSZ01

Applicable component levels

• R930 PSY UI49853

     UP17/10/13 P F710

• R932 PSY UI50698

     UP17/10/13 P F710

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