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PI77870: ABEND 878 OCCURS IN CRITICAL PATH HANDLER

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APAR status

  • Closed as program error.

Error description

  • Customer gets an ABEND 878 in Critical Path task.
    Message EQQCP15E
    THE CRITICAL PATH HANDLER TASK ABENDED WHILE PROCESSING
    FOLLOWING DQE
    is issued in Controller MLOG
    .
    KEYWORDS FOR SEARCHABILITY:
    CPH
    

Local fix

Problem summary

  • ****************************************************************
    * USERS AFFECTED: all TWS for z/OS 860, 910, 920 and           *
    *                 IWS for z/OS 930 users that                  *
    *                 enabled critical path function.              *
    *                 FUNCTION=Critical Path                       *
    ****************************************************************
    * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: Multiple abends 878 with                *
    *                      reason code 18 can occur when           *
    *                      adding occurrence to the plan           *
    *                      having critical jobs.                   *
    ****************************************************************
    * RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
    ****************************************************************
    Multiple abends 878 with reason code 18 can occur when
    adding occurrence to the plan having critical jobs.
    Messages EQQCP15E are issued on the Controller MLOG when
    the abend occurs.
    

Problem conclusion

  • The abend is due to a FREEMAIN done with an incorrect length.
    In customer documentation the length contains incorrectly
    the string 'EQQX'.
    Code has been fixed to use the BEX storage instead of the
    GETMAIN/FREEMAIN and use the correct length.
    

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

  • APAR number

    PI77870

  • Reported component name

    TIV WRKLD SCHD

  • Reported component ID

    5697WSZ01

  • Reported release

    922

  • Status

    CLOSED PER

  • PE

    NoPE

  • HIPER

    YesHIPER

  • Special Attention

    NoSpecatt / Xsystem

  • Submitted date

    2017-03-09

  • Closed date

    2017-03-20

  • Last modified date

    2017-05-01

  • APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:

  • APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:

    UI45682 UI45683 UI45684 UI45685

Modules/Macros

  •    EQQCPHQH
    

Fix information

  • Fixed component name

    TIV WRKLD SCHD

  • Fixed component ID

    5697WSZ01

Applicable component levels

  • R602 PSY UI45682

       UP17/04/04 P F704 Ž

  • R912 PSY UI45683

       UP17/04/04 P F704 Ž

  • R922 PSY UI45684

       UP17/04/04 P F704 Ž

  • R932 PSY UI45685

       UP17/04/04 P F704 Ž

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Document Information

Modified date:
01 May 2017