DFSMSdss: Review changes to the messages that result from a COPY or RESTORE operation with COPYVOLID

Description: With APAR OA36296 on z/OS V1R13, DFSMSdss uses the IEEVARYD service, rather than the VARY command, to vary the target volume offline during a COPY or RESTORE operation with either FULL or TRACKS and the COPYVOLID parameter, when the target volume becomes a duplicate of the source volume. As a result, the hardcopy log no longer contains:

VARY device-number,OFFLINE DFSMSDSS INTERNAL VARY
IEF281I device-number NOW OFFLINE.

Instead, the hardcopy log contains message IEF880I, as follows:

IEF880I device-number NOW OFFLINE BY ADRSBRTN

Programs or procedures that rely on the presence of either the VARY command or the IEF281I message in the hardcopy log or job logs should be updated.

Element or feature:

DFSMSdss

When change was introduced:

z/OS V2R1. z/OS V1R13 with APAR OA36296 applied.

Applies to migration from:

z/OS V1R13 without APAR OA36296 applied, and z/OS V1R12

Timing:

Before the first IPL of z/OS V2R1.

Is the migration action required?

Yes, if you have programs or procedures that rely on the presence of either the VARY command or the IEF281I message.

Target system hardware requirements:

None.

Target system software requirements:

None.

Other system (coexistence or fallback) requirements:

None.

Restrictions:

None.

System impacts:

None.

Related IBM Health Checker for z/OS check:

None.

Steps to take: Modify your programs or procedures to check for the following message, which in z/OS V2R1 is no longer a command response:

IEF880I device-number NOW OFFLINE BY ADRSBRTN

This message indicates that the device has been varied offline as the result of a DFSMSdss operation with the COPYVOLID parameter.

Reference information: For more information about COPY and RESTORE, see z/OS DFSMSdfp Storage Administration