PH36309: PROVIDE ADDITIONAL DIAGNOSTIC INFORMATION FOR SOME BATCH REQUEST UTILITY EVENTS: ABEND878 ABEND378 DUE TO INVALID FREEMAIN

Obtain the fix for this APAR.

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• Provide additional diagnostic information for some Batch
  Request Utility events.
  
  Additional Keywords and Symptoms:
  This APAR will also resolve an ABEND878 that occurs when running
  a CBAC Batch job.  An example of a failing job -
  //S1 EXEC PGM=CBKFMAIN to add to an existing file with commands:
  ADD FILE(XXXXXXXX),PRIMARYDSN(SYS.CICS.XXXXXXXX),REPLACE(YES)
  LIST FILE(XXXXXXXX)
  results in -
  CBKBC1401I Jobname CICS control file table construction
  starting.
  CBKBC1409I Jobname CICS control file table
  successfully built from CBKPARMS member. Number of entries: 2.
  IEA705I ERROR DURING FREEMAIN SYS CODE = 878-18
  
  System trace (SYSTRACE) -
  0002-004F 008D1140  SSRV   133          00000000  00000003
  C6C9D3C8 29C3EB00  Storage  Release
  0002-004F 008D1140 *SVC      D 00000000_0144E5E0  00000018
  84000000 84878000
  Breaking down SSRV 133:
  unique 1
   00000003 - unconditional release
  unique 2
  C6C9D3C8 or FILH which should be the length of the storage to be
  released; this is negative resulting 878-18
  unique 3
   29C3EB00 address to be freed
  
  ABEND 878, RC 18 indicates:
  18   A negative amount of storage was specified on the FREEMAIN
       or STORAGE macro
  
  ABEND878 ABENDS878
  ABEND378 ABENDS378
  We have also seen ABEND378 (abends378) under z/OS 2.5.
  The SYSTRACE will show
  SSRV   133          00000000  00000003 5C5C5C60 25500300
                      Storage  Release
                                00D900FF
  *SVC      D 00000000_014523E0  00000024 84000000 84378000
  The length of the FREEMAIN in the above is 5C5C5C60 which is
  invalid.
  Upgrad2zOS25
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• Provide additional diagnostic information for some Batch
  Request Utility events.
  

Problem conclusion

• Customer has verified that additional diagnostic info is written
  to CICS BAC audit log when appropriate.
  

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

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

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

  UI77420 UI77421

Modules/Macros

• CBKALOGR CBKAPARS CBKBKWDS CBKBPARS CBKBPVAL CBKBSEND CBKCBIRS
  CBKFMAIN CBKMSG   CBKMTENU
  

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  CICS BATCH CONT

• Fixed component ID

  5697I9400

Applicable component levels

• R111 PSY UI77420

     UP21/10/06 P F110

• R11E PSY UI77421

     UP21/10/06 P F110

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