A fix is available
APAR status
Closed as program error.
Error description
Due to changes in the internal processing of SWAREQ in z/OS 2.2 the Usage Monitor SMF exit must be changed to specify the correct form of SWAREQ so that it may continue to function correctly.
Local fix
N/A
Problem summary
**************************************************************** * USERS AFFECTED: All IBM Tivoli Asset Discovery for z/OS V8.1 * * customers. * **************************************************************** * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: The method by which the Usage Monitor * * SMF exit ascertains the address of SWA * * control blocks needs to be improved so * * that it will continue to work with * * future releases of z/OS. * **************************************************************** * RECOMMENDATION: * **************************************************************** Module HSIZU84X is not using the correct form of SWAREQ to find SWA control blocks, and so it will not work with z/OS releases beyond z/OS 2.1. ZOS0202T/K
Problem conclusion
Module HSIZU84X is changed to use the correct form of the SWAREQ macro to ensure valid use for all z/OS releases. Also added is additional diagnostic data logging to detect bad volume serial number collection. Non-blank volume serials of used non-UNIX program libraries are validated to detect bad data. Ignoring trailing blanks, volume serial characters must be numeric, upper case alphabetic, or national or hyphen. If any other character is found the volume serial is overlaid by a question mark followed by 5 hexadecimal digits. The value of the digits will help diagnose the source of the bad data. ZOS0202T/K
Temporary fix
Comments
APAR Information
APAR number
OA47571
Reported component name
TIV ASSET DISC
Reported component ID
5698B39TD
Reported release
810
Status
CLOSED PER
PE
NoPE
HIPER
NoHIPER
Special Attention
NoSpecatt / Xsystem
Submitted date
2015-04-20
Closed date
2015-05-03
Last modified date
2015-06-01
APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:
APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:
UA77165
Modules/Macros
HSIZFE03 HSIZFE09 HSIZHECK HSIZMON HSIZSRX0 HSIZU84X HSIZ0203 HSIZ3040 HSIZ3050 HSIZ3060
Fix information
Fixed component name
TIV ASSET DISC
Fixed component ID
5698B39TD
Applicable component levels
R810 PSY UA77165
UP15/05/07 P F505
Fix is available
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Document Information
Modified date:
18 July 2023