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ABCs of z/OS System Programming Volume 3 - IBM Redbooks

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Restarting the catalog address space<br />

Consider restarting the CAS only as a final option before IPLing a system. Never try restarting<br />

CAS unless an IPL is your only other option. A system failure caused by catalogs, or a CAS<br />

storage shortage due to FREEMAIN failures, might require you to use MODIFY<br />

CATALOG,RESTART to restart CAS in a new address space.<br />

Never use RESTART to refresh catalog or VVDS control blocks or to change catalog<br />

characteristics. Restarting CAS is a drastic procedure, and if CAS cannot restart, you will<br />

have to IPL the system.<br />

When you issue MODIFY CATALOG,RESTART, the CAS mother task is abended with abend code<br />

81A, and any catalog requests in process at the time are redriven.<br />

The restart <strong>of</strong> CAS in a new address space is transparent to all users. However, even when all<br />

requests are redriven successfully and receive a return code <strong>of</strong> zero (0), the system might<br />

produce indicative dumps. There is no way to suppress these indicative dumps.<br />

Since z/<strong>OS</strong> 1.6, the F CATALOG has new options:<br />

TAKEDUMP This option causes the CAS to issue an SVCDUMP using the proper<br />

options to ensure that all data needed for diagnosis is available.<br />

RESTART This option prompts the operator for additional information with the<br />

following messages:<br />

► IEC363D IS THIS RESTART RELATED TO AN EXISTING CATALOG PROBLEM<br />

(Y OR N)?<br />

If the response to message IEC363D is N, the restart continues; if the<br />

response is Y, another prompt is issued.<br />

370 <strong>ABCs</strong> <strong>of</strong> z/<strong>OS</strong> <strong>System</strong> <strong>Programming</strong> <strong>Volume</strong> 3<br />

► IEC364D HAS AN SVC DUMP OF THE CATALOG ADDRESS SPACE ALREADY<br />

BEEN TAKEN (Y OR N)?

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