Activate the CICS VR server

If the CICS® VR server fails, it restarts automatically, up to a maximum of six times. If this limit is exceeded, the automatic restart mechanism is disabled and CICS VR terminates. You can restart the CICS VR server.

When you have resolved the problem, you can restart the CICS VR server by using the VARY SMS,CICSVR,ACTIVE command. When the CICS VR server is restarted, the following message is displayed on the operator console:
Figure 1. VARY SMS,CICSVR,ACTIVE results
 DWW014I  CICSVR SERVER ADDRESS SPACE IS NOW ACTIVE.
VARY SMS,CICSVR,ACTIVE is also needed to restart the CICS VR server after the VARY SMS,CICSVR,TERMINATESERVER command is issued. Also, the CICSVR_INIT parameter in the SYS1.PARMLIB IGDSMSxx member must be set to YES for successful completion of the VARY SMS,CICSVR,ACTIVE command.
Note: If a failure occurs during the initialization of the CICS VR server address space, automatic restart is not performed.