PI73764: Z/OSMF CONFIGURATION WORKFLOW FAILS WITH "AN EXCEPTION OCCURRED WHILE ALLOCATE THE PARTITION DATA SET..." BPXWDYN FAILED

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APAR status

• Closed as unreproducible in next release.

Error description

• "An exception occurred while allocate the partition data set
  XXXXX.YYYYY.ZZZZZ, on volume U.  BPXWDYN failed;
  S99ERROR/S99INFO = 0x218/0x0 RC=35127296 (0x2180000)"
   An exception occurred while allocate the partition data set
  XXXXX.YYYYY.ZZZZZ, on volume U.  BPXWDYN failed;
  S99ERROR/S99INFO = 0x218/0x0 RC=35127296 (0x2180000)
  
  The exact volume name and specific error text may differ. In the
  above case, the issue is due to the volume name U$XYZX. This
  error was intially discovered in Configuration Workflow step 2.1
  but may occur in other places due to similar circumstances.
  
  The issue is caused by the $ charecter. In REXX, the $ is not a
  special charecter, so it is substituted to the bpxwunix
  invocation without a problem. However, $ denotes the start of a
  variable substitution. So the $ and the rest of the charecters
  in the string are ignored.
  
  Specifically in this case, the string substitution isn't
  sanitized, so the variable subsitution is attempted, resulting
  in the error.
  

Local fix

• Perform the workflow step using a volume with a $ in the name.
  The step work can also be done outside of workflows and the step
  marked as skipped. The steps for manually adding plugins are
  found in Appendix B of the V2R2 configuration guide or Appendix
  C of the V2R1 configuration guide.
  

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED: All users of IBM z/OSMF V2R2 and V2R1        *
  ****************************************************************
  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: An exception occurred in some steps     *
  *                      of z/OSMF Configuration Workflow when   *
  *                      allocate the partition data set on      *
  *                      the volume whose name contains $.       *
  ****************************************************************
  * RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
  ****************************************************************
  An exception occurred in some steps of z/OSMF Configuration
  Workflow when allocate the partition data set on the volume
  whose name contains $.
  This is due to z/OSMF Configuration Workflow couldn't process
  the variables which include $ character.
  
  This APAR provides the fix that checks all the variables which
  include $ to make sure them not be truncated, and can be run
  as expected.
  

Problem conclusion

Temporary fix

Comments

• See Problem Description.
  

APAR Information

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

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

  UI45795 UI45796

Modules/Macros

• IZUGNAFT IZUGNAFY
  

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  Z/OSMF CORE

• Fixed component ID

  5655S28SM

Applicable component levels

• R210 PSY UI45795

     UP17/04/12 P F704

• R220 PSY UI45796

     UP17/04/12 P F704

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