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PH60939: CORRUPT DATA IN CICS SMF110 PERFORMANCE CLASS RECORDS. RMI DATA FIELDS CONTAIN RANDOM DATA.

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APAR status

  • Closed as program error.

Error description

  • CICS TS 6.1
    Our monitoring tool is showing bad data in SMF110 records in
    number of RMI fields.  For example, data is recorded against
    RMIDBCTL unexpectedly as we do not use IMS.
    .
    DFH¢MOLS report run on the CICS SMF110 records show :
    DFHRMI   ...
    RMITOTAL DEB54942C919DB0005000BE8     3048 (TOO MANY STARTS)
    RMIOTHER D462290C0101F13431D5D4C1 14013633
    RMIDB2   5F97841101A5430E0000008E      142
    RMIDBCTL 0000000085000B782B9DD6F4 10344180 (TOO MANY STOPS)
    RMIEXDLI 756E69717565526573756573  7693683 (TOO MANY STOPS)
    RMIMQM   52FEAD80D4FB88BD1A726573  7497075 (TOO MANY STOPS)
    RMICPSM  706F6E73655377E576757345  7697221 (INCL PHASE-ERRORS)
    .
    Additional keywords: DFH¢MOLS
    

Local fix

Problem summary

  • ****************************************************************
    * USERS AFFECTED: All CICS users.                              *
    ****************************************************************
    * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: Possible corrupted data in the          *
    *                      Transaction Monitoring Area (TMA) is    *
    *                      shown up in SMF and statistics.         *
    ****************************************************************
    A monitoring tool is reporting invalid TMA data.
    Keywords - GETMAIN TMA_DFHRMI_AREA DSECT.
    

Problem conclusion

  • DFHMNXM has been amended to report correct data in the TMA.
    

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

  • APAR number

    PH60939

  • Reported component name

    CICS TS Z/OS V6

  • Reported component ID

    5655YA100

  • Reported release

    400

  • Status

    CLOSED PER

  • PE

    NoPE

  • HIPER

    NoHIPER

  • Special Attention

    NoSpecatt / Xsystem

  • Submitted date

    2024-04-17

  • Closed date

    2024-07-24

  • Last modified date

    2024-08-01

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

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

    UI97773 UI97774

Modules/Macros

  • DFHMNXM
    

Fix information

  • Fixed component name

    CICS TS Z/OS V6

  • Fixed component ID

    5655YA100

Applicable component levels

  • R400 PSY UI97774

       UP24/07/25 P F407

  • R500 PSY UI97773

       UP24/07/26 P F407

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Document Information

Modified date:
01 August 2024