PQ92625: PRF PRODUCT IS NOT ENFORCING THE 8 CHARACTER HLQ MAXIMUM LENGTH DOCUMENTED IN THE PRF USER GUIDE FOR THE CTDSHLQ PARAMETER.

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APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• Program Restart is not enforcing the 8 character high-level
  qualifier maximum length documented in the PRF User Guide
  for the CTDSHLQ parameter.  When this restriction is not
  enforced, the tracking data sets are allocated without the
  program name as part of the data set name which can mean
  the wrong tracking data sets can be deleted after a backout or
  used on a subsequent extended restart.
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED: All user's of IMS Program Restart            *
  ****************************************************************
  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: PRF product is not enforcing the        *
  *                      8 character HLQ maximum length          *
  *                      documentated in the PRF User's          *
  *                      Guide for the CTDSHLQ parameter.        *
  ****************************************************************
  * RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
  ****************************************************************
  Program Restart should not be allowing users to specify the
  CTDSHLQ= parameter with a high-level qualifier longer than
  8 characters. Instead of the documentated IRT005E message
  and subsequent U3636 user abend of the job, PRF was allocating
  tracking data sets with a truncated dataset name missing the
  critical program name data set level. This could cause restart
  problems if a PSB name was shared by other application programs.
  

Problem conclusion

• This APAR modifies the code to correct this problem. The User's
  Guide has also been updated. This documentation needs to be
  reviewed before applying this maintenance if the user is already
  specifying a value for CTDSHLQ= that is longer than 8 characters
  to prevent unexpected U3636 abends from occuring. If the user
  cannot make a change to the CTDSHLQ= parameter, the customer
  will need to add either the CTDSNAM=NOPSB parameter or the
  CTDSNAM=NOPGM parameter.
  

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:

  UQ92736

Modules/Macros

•    IRTAOPT0 IRTFSC05 IRTFSC06 IRTFSC07 IRTFSC08
  IRTFSC09 IRTIXT05 IRTIXT06 IRTIXT07 IRTIXT08 IRTIXT09 IRTLCA05
  IRTLCA06 IRTLCA07 IRTLCA08 IRTLCA09 IRTPRE00 IRTWMSG0 IRTXSC05
  IRTXSC06 IRTXSC07 IRTXSC08 IRTXSC09 IRT9AJBS
  

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  IMS PGM RESTART

• Fixed component ID

  5655E1400

Applicable component levels

• R210 PSY UQ92736

     UP04/09/10 P F409

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