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SC27-8443-06 - March 2026

Table 1. SC27-8443-06 updates
Description Related APARs

IMS HP Change Accumulation Utility has been modified to output DBRC API results to the new HPCADAPI DD to avoid output conflicts between the DBRC utility and DBRC API. If the DD is not specified in JCL, IMS HP Change Accumulation Utility will allocate it dynamically.

See the following topics for more information:
PH70176
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SC27-8443-05 - June 2025

Table 2. SC27-8443-05 updates
Description Related APARs
This APAR provides the capability of site default definition in the extended batch mode by setting the default parameter of the HPCSYSIN DD statement. When the site default definition is provided in the JCL, IMS HP Change Accumulation Utility combines the definition in the site default definition and the specification in the HPCSYSIN DD at run time.

Also, the ASPREF= parameter, which can be specified as the HPCSYSIN DD parameters, allows control over the first five characters of started task name of the subordinate address space activated by standard job processing.

See the following topics for more information: 		PH63537

SC27-8443-04 - March 2024

Table 3. SC27-8443-04 updates
Description Related APARs
Support the record length increase from 7 digits to 9 digits. See Columnar, comma-separated, HTML, and XML reports in Reports reference for more information. PH59924

SC27-8443-03 - February 2024

Table 4. SC27-8443-03 updates
Description Related APARs
Support IMS management of ACBs. See the following topics for more information: PH59141

SC27-8443-02 - August 2022

  • PH42476 (UI78675), PH44043 (UI79490), and PH46276 (UI80771) - New error messages and abend codes are issued when the spill file has been deleted for an unexpected reason and subsequent processing cannot continue.
  • Updated information about hardware and software requirements.

SC27-8443-01 - November 2018

  • PI92558 (UI53801) - Enable MAXLOGS RC for 2-step batch mode.
  • PI86492 (UI52719) - Allow specification of a job RC if DBRC returns a DSP00251 message, and support CA2PITCA on tape.
  • PI97776 - update to DSP0025I RC parameter and new message HPC4020W.

SC27-8443-00 - October 2016

  • Maintenance updates for IMS Recovery Solution Pack 2.1.
  • Global parameters for operation statements: CA2PITCA, LOG TIME, MAXIMUM LOGS, MAXLOGS RC.
  • GENJCL definitions: GEN.LIST, GEN.RETRY.
  • Limiting input logs: Using the VOLNUM parameter.
  • New error messages.