PH55778: ASCII FILES DELIVERED BY SMP/E CORRUPTED ON SYSTEMS WITH AUTOCVT turned on.

Obtain the fix for this APAR.

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• CICS 6.1 now tags uss files as part of the install process
  (SMP/E). The initial install of CICS 6.1 is fine but any ptfs
  applied subsequently that replaces ascii files will leave the
  replaced ascii file(s) corrupt if AUTOCVT is enabled.
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED: All CICS users                               *
  ****************************************************************
  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: ascii files delivered by SMP/E may be   *
  *                      corrupted.                              *
  ****************************************************************
  All ascii, EBCDIC and binary files in the zfs are tagged during
  the SMP/E install process using chtag. If AUTOCVT is enabled,
  when a write operation is called from BPXCOPY during the install
  of a PTF, it checks for tags on the target file to see if
  conversion is required. If an ascii tagged file is found an
  EBCDIC to ascii conversion which is not required and hence
  corrupting the file.
  

Problem conclusion

• Change the SMP/E install process to prevent conversion caused
  by AUTOCVT.
  

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:

  UI93248

Modules/Macros

• DFHTAGAC DFJ@H287 DFJ@H290 DFJ@H478 DFJ@H479 DFJ@H480 DFJ@H481
  DFJ@H482 DFJ@H483 DFJ@H484 DFJ@H485 DFJ@H487 DFJ@H488 DFJ@H489
  DFJ@H490 DFJ@H491 DFJ@H492 DFJ@H493 DFJ@H494 DFJ@H496 DFJ@H497
  DFJ@H498 DFJ@H528 DFJ@H529 DFJ@H553 DFJ@H555 DFJ@H558 DFJ@H565
  DFJ@H566 DFJ@H567 DFJ@H569 DFJ@H586 DFJ@H587 DFJ@H591 DFJ@H623
  DFJ@H625 DFJ@H626 DFJ@H627 DFJ@H628 DFJ@H629 DFJ@H630 DFJ@H631
  DFJ@H632 DFJ@H633 DFJ@H634 DFJ@H635 DFJ@H636 DFJ@H637 DFJ@H648
  DFJ@H649 DFJ@H650 DFJ@H651 DFJ@H652 DFJ@H653 DFJ@H654 DFJ@H655
  DFJ@H656
  

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  CICS TS Z/OS V6

• Fixed component ID

  5655YA100

Applicable component levels

• R400 PSY UI93248

     UP23/08/22 P F308

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