PH48737: CICS TS 6.1 CEMT command FROM VIRTUAL CONSOLE TERMINAL FAILS WITH DFHME0138 MESSAGE DFHTM1715 NOT ISSUED

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APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• After upgrading to CICS TS 6.1, you issue a CEMT command
  from a virtual console terminal, and the following
  message is issued:
  
  DFHME0138 MESSAGE DFHTM1715 NOT ISSUED BY DFHMEME BECAUSE MVS
            WTO IS SHORT ON STORAGE
  
  Other MVS modify commands work fine with no issues.  It only
  fails when issuing the MVS modify command to a CICS region.
  Reviewing a dump on the DFHME0138 message, trace shows the
  following exceptions when attempting to put out the
  DFHTM1715 message:
  
  ME FF0F SUWT  *EXC* RECOVERY-ENTERED      SEND_DIRECT,DFHTM1715
  ME FF01 SUWT  EXIT  SEND_DIRECT/DISASTER  MVS_SHORT_ON_STORAGE
  
  The Write To Operator or WTO failed with an ABENDD23.
  The unique reason code was 0007, which means-
  The caller requested mutually exclusive functions- in this
  case both CONSID and CONSNAME were specified.
  The region was not short on MVS storage, as stated in the
  DFHME0138 message.
  
  Additional symptoms: KIXREVDAM Upgrade2CICS61
  ABEND D23 console message WTOR SOLICITED
  

Local fix

• Change autoinstall terminal definition to use SOlicited=No
  instead of yes.
  

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED: All CICS users                               *
  ****************************************************************
  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: A user issues an MVS modify command     *
  *                      to a CICS region which causes a         *
  *                      message to be issued on a CICS          *
  *                      CONSOLE terminal.                       *
  *                      CICS suffers z/OS ABENDD23 in module    *
  *                      DFHSUWT.                                *
  ****************************************************************
  A user issues an MVS modify command to a CICS region to run a
  a transaction, for example:
     /F jobname,CEMT S,AUX,START
  the CICS CONSOLE definition specifies SOLICITED=YES.
  The CICS transaction abends with abend code D23
  because CICS module DFHSUWT requests a WTO call with both
  Console ID and Console Name. These options are mutually
  exclusive.
  

Problem conclusion

• CICS has been changed to ensure that WTO is not issued with
  both Console Name and Console ID.
  

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:

  UI83935

Modules/Macros

• DFHSUWT
  

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  CICS TS Z/OS V6

• Fixed component ID

  5655YA100

Applicable component levels

• R400 PSY UI83935

     UP23/01/06 P F301

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