PH37674: MSGFABP3879E WHEN USING TYPE= CATDSHLQ OF DFSMDA MACRO

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APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• HDPC wrongly issues MSGFABP3879E and ABEND3879 under the
  following conditions:
    PGM=FABPPC00 is specified in the EXEC statement of the
  stand-alone HDPC JCL
    IMS management of ACBs is enabled
    The DFSMDA member has the high-level qualifier (HLQ) for the
  system data sets of the IMS catalog that is specified in the
  TYPE=CATDSHLQ statement of the DFSMDA macro.
  

Local fix

• N/A
  

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED: IBM IMS High Performance Pointer Checker for *
  *                 z/OS Version 3 Release 1 (FMID=HPC2310)      *
  *                 users who run HD Pointer Checker when IMS    *
  *                 management of ACBs is enabled.               *
  ****************************************************************
  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: Stand-alone HD Pointer Checker jobs     *
  *                      wrongly issues MSGFABP3879E and         *
  *                      ABEND3879 when the DFSMDA member for    *
  *                      the system data sets of the IMS catalog *
  *                      is used.                                *
  ****************************************************************
  * RECOMMENDATION: Apply the maintenance for this APAR.         *
  ****************************************************************
  HD Pointer Checker(HDPC) wrongly issues MSGFABP3879E and
  ABEND3879 when the following conditions are met:
  - PGM=FABPPC00 is specified in the EXEC statement of the
    stand-alone HDPC JCL
  - IMS management of ACBs is enabled
  - The DFSMDA member has the high-level qualifier (HLQ) for the
    system data sets of the IMS catalog that is specified in the
    TYPE=CATDSHLQ statement of the DFSMDA macro
  

Problem conclusion

• HPPC has been modified to fix the error.
  
  *************************
  * Documentation Changes *
  *************************
  IMS High Performance Pointer Checker for z/OS, V3R1, User's
  Guide (SC19240104) is modified as follows:
  ===================================================
  >Troubleshooting
  >> Messages and codes
  >>> HD Pointer Checker messages and codes
  >>>> HD Pointer Checker messages
  
   FABP3879E INCORRECT IMS DIRECTORY IS DETECTED. HLQ=hlq
  |FABP3879E INCORRECT IMS CATALOG ALIAS IS DETECTED.
  
   Explanation
  |Either of the following internal errors occurred in the HD
  |Pointer Checker job:
   -The IMS directory data set allocated by the IMS control region
   is not the same data set allocated by IMS Catalog API(DFS3CATQ)
  |-The IMS catalog alias name used by the IMS control region is
  |not the same as the alias name used by IMS Catalog API
  |(DFS3CATQ).
   System action
   HD Pointer Checker ends with an abend code of 3879.
   User response
   Contact IBM Software Support.
  

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:

  UI75889

Modules/Macros

• FABPCAT0 FABPCDBI FABPMAIN FABPMSGT
  

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  IMS POINTER CHE

• Fixed component ID

  5655E0900

Applicable component levels

• R310 PSY UI75889

     UP21/06/17 P F106

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