PH65164: System abend 878-14 when protecting a large PDS or PDSE

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APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• An 878-14 abend occurs when protecting a large PDSE.
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED: All users of IBM z/OS Change Tracker.        *
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  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: 1. System abend 878-14 occurs when      *
  *                         protecting a large PDS or PDSE.      *
  *                      2. The TOKEN command MODS report does   *
  *                         not show the user ID for ADD and DEL *
  *                         activities.                          *
  *                      3. The CYG8807W message includes the    *
  *                         user ID to which a member is checked *
  *                         out.                                 *
  *                      4. No error occurs if the SYSUT2 DD is  *
  *                         omitted from an external             *
  *                         tokenization job.                    *
  *                      5. E37-04 abend when attempting to      *
  *                         recover a large data set member in   *
  *                         ISPF.                                *
  *                      6. The EXCLUDE command does not work as *
  *                         documented.                          *
  *                      7. CYG666W message when running         *
  *                         SURVEILLANCE command on a data set   *
  *                         with a disk location CCHH value of   *
  *                         32768 or higher.                     *
  ****************************************************************
  * RECOMMENDATION: Apply the provided PTF.                      *
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  1. A system abend 878-14 occurs when running the PROTECT command
     for a very large (>15GB) PDS or PDSE.
  2. The TOKEN command MODS report showing change activity in a
     tokenized data set does not show the userid for the ADD or
     DEL activities.
  3. In ISPF, when attempting to edit a member in a data set
     locked by Change Tracker, if that member is checked out to
     another user the CYG8807W message is displayed which reveals
     the ID of that user.
  4. If the SYSUT2 DD is omitted from a job with a TOKEN command
     with the NOWRITE parameter, no error occurs.
  5. An out-of-space condition occurs when attempting to recover
     a large data set member in ISPF because the dynamically
     allocated recovery data set is not big enough.
  6. The EXCLUDE command does not work when executed after any
     commands which create a data set list.
  7. A CYG666W message ocurs when running the SURVEILLANCE
     command on a data set with a disk location CCHH value of
     32768 (x'8000') or higher.
  

Problem conclusion

• 1. The code is changed to correctly handle data set size values
     greater than 15GB.
  2. The TOKEN command MODS report is fixed to show the userid
     for ADD and DEL activities.
  3. The CYG8807W message is changed to not show the user ID or
     group of the user to which the member is checked out, if
     that is the case.
  4. If the SYSUT2 DD is omitted from a job with a TOKEN command
     that includes the NOWRITE parameter, a new message CYG236E is
     displayed.
  5. The code is changed to detect the allocated size of the data
     set containing the member being recovered and to allocate a
     recovery data set of the same size.
  6. The manual and sample code are updated to indicate that the
     EXCLUDE command must be executed before any commands which
     create a data set list.
  7. The code is changed to correctly handle CCHH values of
     32768 (x'8000') or higher.
  

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:

  UO05487

Modules/Macros

• CYGA1PRO CYGB1TOK CYGC2TOK CYGCOMM  CYGICEST CYGMAIN  CYGMCAT
  CYGMEML  CYGMIGR  CYGMLPST CYGMOD   CYGMSGS  CYGPDSDR CYGPODR
  CYGPSCAN CYGPURGE CYGQAUDT CYGQCMDS CYGQCTRK CYGQDR   CYGQGLOB
  CYGQOMVS CYGQOPTD CYGQRCOV CYGQSUPC CYGRCOVA CYGRCOVC CYGRVTOC
  CYGS0DOC CYGS2BKP CYGS4RES CYGS6UNV CYGSETUP CYGSTC   CYGSYSI
  CYGSYSIO CYGSYSO  CYGTKEXT CYGTKREF CYGTOKEN CYGV3UNC CYGV4EXT
  CYGV5EXT
  

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  Z/OS CHANGE TRA

• Fixed component ID

  5752SCCYG

Applicable component levels

• R100 PSY UO05487

     UP25/11/07 P F511

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