PM91529: RDZ ENHANCEMENT TO DO ENDEVOR QUICKEDIT USING RETREIVE-ADD

Obtain the fix for this APAR.

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• RDz enhancement to do Endevor Quickedit using retreive-add
  

Local fix

• n/a
  

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED: 01.RDz users who access the Endevor          *
  *                    repository using the IBM supplied RDz     *
  *                    Endevor RAM and make use of the Enhanced  *
  *                    Edit capabilities but whose site does     *
  *                    not allow the CA Endevor Transfer         *
  *                    Element function.                         *
  *                 02.RDz users who access the CA               *
  *                    Endevor(R) SCM repository using the IBM   *
  *                    supplied RDz Endevor RAM.                 *
  *                 03.CARMA users with long CRASTART startup    *
  *                    arguments                                 *
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  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: 01.RDz client users whose site does     *
  *                         not allow the CA Endevor Transfer    *
  *                         Element function to be used are not  *
  *                         able to use the Enhanced Edit        *
  *                         capabilities to edit the elements.   *
  *                         The datasets returned for the list   *
  *                         of dependencies also include other   *
  *                         datasets that are not needed for     *
  *                         resolving the copy books             *
  *                      02.The data sets returned for the       *
  *                         list of dependencies also include    *
  *                         other data sets that are not needed  *
  *                         for resolving the copy books         *
  *                      03.The crastart.conf PROGRAM=           *
  *                         statement is limited to 100          *
  *                         characters                           *
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  * RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
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  01.In order to bring the element being edited to the entry
     stage of the target environment, the RDz Endevor RAM makes
     use of the CA Endevor Transfer Element API.  For sites that
     do not allow the CA Endevor Transfer Element function, this
     means that their RDz users are not able to make use of the
     RDz Enhanced Edit capabilities when retrieving elements from
     the CA Endevor repository. When the Endevor RAM requests the
     list of components from the CA Endevor API, this list also
     includes datasets that are used during the linkedit step.
     When those datasets are sent to the RDz client, their record
     format is not compatible with the record format used by the
     copybook datasets.  This causes message "Record format not
     allowed" to be shown in the log.
  02.When the Endevor RAM requests the list of components from
     the CA Endevor API, this list also includes data sets that
     are used during the linkedit step.  When those data sets are
     sent to the RDz client, their record format is not
     compatible with the record format used by the copybook
     datasets.  This causes message "Record format not allowed"
     to be shown in the log.
  03.The crastart.conf PROGRMA= statement is limited to 100
     characters
  

Problem conclusion

• 01.The RDz Endevor RAM is being enhanced to allow the systems
     administrator to indicate whether to use an alternative
     method for getting the element from the source location into
     the entry stage of the target location.
  02.A change is made to the Endevor RAM to filter from the
     list of dependencies those data sets that are not acceptable
     for resolving the copybooks
  03.Increased the max length to 244
  

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:

Modules/Macros

• CRAALLOC CRACFG   CRAEXIT  CRAMAJAR CRANDVRA
  CRAREXX  CRARNDVR CRASCFCA CRASCONF CRASERV  CRASRV   CRASTART
  CRASUBCA CRASUBMT FEKSETUP
  

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  RD/Z HOST

• Fixed component ID

  5724T0723

Applicable component levels

• R850 PSY UK98515

     UP13/10/31 I 1000

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