Recovering from VSAM errors on the RRSF workspace data sets

VSAM failures on the RRSF workspace data sets are critical. These data sets are used to checkpoint remote requests and the output returned from them, to maintain the integrity of the local and remote RACF® databases. When a VSAM error occurs on a workspace data set that prevents RACF from writing records to or deleting records from the data set, RACF shuts down the connection, writes a message to the system console, creates a symptom record in SYS1.LOGREC, and attempts to close and deallocate the VSAM file that is experiencing the error.

Use local procedures to diagnose and correct the problem. After you have corrected the error, you must do the following to reactivate the connection:

TARGET NODE(nodename) WORKSPACE(workspace information)
TARGET NODE(nodename) OPERATIVE