PM57830: BATCHPIPES JOB ABENDS WITH S913-74 WHEN A DCB ERROR IS DETECTED

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APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• The Batchpipes product can experience unexpected results or
  message ASFP327I if an improper calculation is done on the
  BLKSIZE that could lead to a mismatch on ends of a pipe.
  Batchpipes was designed to accomodate a BLKSIZE upto 32K,
  but would optimize that upto 64K for cross-system pipes for
  thruput reasons, but was done internally ONLY.
  

Local fix

• Code a BLKSIZE of 32K or smaller.
  

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED: Users of BatchPipes at HTMT100 and above     *
  *                 at HACH101 and above.                        *
  ****************************************************************
  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: BatchPipes users who incorrectly code   *
  *                      a set of jobs that have mismatched      *
  *                      DCB parms are seeing the error          *
  *                      reported as an ABENDS913-74 by the      *
  *                      OPEN processing in DFSMS (IEC150I).     *
  ****************************************************************
  * RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
  ****************************************************************
  BatchPipes uses an internal return code value of '152' to signal
  to DFSMS OPEN processing that there was an error during its OPEN
  processing.  Until DFSMS (release HDZ11H0) the user of that
  internal return code resulted in an error being reported by OPEN
  processing ABEND S013-C0 but changes to the processing for that
  release now have that return code being reported as a USS File
  Security error and signalled as an ABENDS913-74.
  

Problem conclusion

• BatchPipes OPEN processing will change the internal return
  codes that are used to report errors such that they are
  signalled again by an ABENDS013-C0.
  

Temporary fix

Comments

• The ONLY change is the value of the internal return codes that
  are used by BatchPipes OPEN processing and the external change
  is the resulting (existing) ABENDS013-C0 which will signal most
  of the errors.
  .
  The errors and internal codes being used are now:
  
   - Mismatched DCB parms....RC = 160  ABEND = 013-C0
     (LRECL, BLKSIZE, RECFM, etc)
  
   - Internal/unexpected error ... RC = 188 ABEND = 013-C0
  
   - WRITER Connection error ... RC = 192 ABEND = 013-C0
     (BatchPipes not available)
  
   - READER Connection error ... RC = 96 ABEND = 013-C0
     (BatchPipes not available)
  
   - BatchPipes Authority Issue .... RC = 152  ABEND = 913-74
     (Security access to BatchPipes FACILITY classes)
  
   - Pipes connection already open ... RC = 4 ABEND = 013-C0
     (Application error)
  
  NOTE: ALL these errors are accompanied by BatchPipes issued
  error messages (with ASFP prefix) to the job log which are
  to be used to further diagnose the problem being reported.
  

APAR Information

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

  PM54826

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

  UK77547

Modules/Macros

•    ASFPMSOO
  

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  MVS PIPES

• Fixed component ID

  565506500

Applicable component levels

• R301 PSY UK77547

     UP13/03/29 P F303

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