If all the conditions for enabling it are met, the Gatekeeper will check files before
they are collected. Collection will be suspended under the following conditions:
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Suspension Cause
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Error message seen in System Manager
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File has no gatekeeper header record e.g. the file was created by
an older Acquire but somehow (incorrectly) has a “G” at the start of
its name.
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File doesn’t have record id '0000' in the first line or may be
empty.
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Gatekeeper header record is invalid:
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Issue creating the file
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Corruption of the file during transfer to the
Windows
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File is compressed EBCDIC, transferred in binary
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- Cannot determine the first interval from the record id
'0000'.
- Cannot determine the next expected interval from the record id
'0000'.
- Cannot determine the number of missing intervals from the record
id '0000'.
- Cannot determine the expected file length from the record id
'0000'
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File has been truncated during transfer from the
mainframe.
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File size (x bytes) in record id '0000' is not equal to actual
file size (y bytes). You should check whether the file is
complete.
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File contains gaps because SMF/RMF records were possibly
missing.
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File has missing intervals: <datetime> for <gap
length> seconds.
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Gap between files. One or more complete files were not created by
the Acquire.
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There is a time gap between this file and the previously collected
file. Expected next interval: <datetime>, Actual next
interval: <datetime>.
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Note: Most Gatekeeper messages are prefixed with the following text in the System
Manager event log area:
Retrieval Stopped for
'GYYYYMMDDHHMMSS_ASZSNNNNNNNN.X'.
When the first file for a target with a 'G' prefix is seen this message will be
displayed:
This is the first Gatekeeper file
'G20180226020000_aszs00010001.1000'
This is just an information message and data will be processed normally.
If you choose to move the GatekeeperNextExpected field in your database on to
allow one or more older files through, then a warning message may be displayed for each
file collected where the first interval is older than the date and time you have
set:
Gatekeeping has been manually overridden with 'datetime'. Any intervals
before this time will now be processed regardless of time
gaps.