PM00257: OCCURS WHEN MORE THAN 16,384 VSAM COMPONENT DATA SET NAMES OR OSAM DATABASE DATA NAMES ARE USED IN AN IMS SYSTEM

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APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• This APAR will address the following problems:
  - MESSAGE BPL622E OCCURS WHEN MORE THAN 16,384
    VSAM COMPONENT DATA SET NAMES OR OSAM DATABASE DATA
    SET NAMES ARE USED IN AN IMS SYSTEM.
  - SPACE ABENDS CAN OCCUR ON THE SYSLIB DD (PARMLIB
    DATA SET) WHEN RUNNING REPEATED TRACES -
    ABENDB37 ABENDD37 ABENDE37 ABENDX37.
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED: All IMS Buffer Pool Analyzer V1.3 users.     *
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  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: Message BPL622E occurs when more than   *
  *                      16,384 VSAM Component Data Set Names or *
  *                      OSAM Database Data Set Names are used   *
  *                      in an IMS system.                       *
  ****************************************************************
  * RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
  ****************************************************************
  This APAR is correcting the following problems:
  1.Message BPL622E occurs when more than 16,384
  VSAM component data set names or OSAM database
  data set names are used in an IMS system.
  2.Space abends can occur on the Syslib DD (PARMLIB
  DATA SET) when running repeated traces -
  ABENDB37 ABENDD37 ABENDE37 ABENDX37.
  

Problem conclusion

• The following changes have been made for the above problems:
  1.Enhance BPA to increase the number of data set
  names BPA can process from 16,384 to 65,536.
  2.Enhance BPA to update the Syslib DD in place,
  and automatically compress the data set
  when not updating in place.
  

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:

  UK51887

Modules/Macros

•    BPLBLAN  BPLMAIN  BPLOSAM  BPLTRACE BPLTRRCV
  BPLVSAM  H28A130J
  

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  IMS BUFFER POOL

• Fixed component ID

  5697H7700

Applicable component levels

• R130 PSY UK51887

     UP09/11/14 P F911

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