APAR status
Closed as program error.
Error description
REGION CRASHES AS CICSAM PROCESS FAILS TO CREATE CICSAS PROCESS
Local fix
n/a
Problem summary
When CICS Application Manager (CICSAM) process tries to create CICS Application Server (CICSAS) process, it fails randomly with the messages as shown below and region terminates abnormally. Messages in console file: ERZ057023I/0033 06/13/16 17:36:26.091687000 CHTEST 16960/3404 : Transaction '????' timed out on terminal '????' due to a prolonged transient error condition ERZ010121E/0264 06/13/16 17:36:26.731182000 CHTEST 16960/3404 : Unable to perform operation due to a transient error ERZ010003I/0094 06/13/16 17:36:26.736534000 CHTEST 16960/3404 : CICS is performing region abnormal termination in process 'cicsam' Messages in symrecs file: SYMPTOMS = TIME/"06/13/16 17:36:26.091420000" REGION/CHTEST PROD/5724LX600 LVLS/810 MOD/"@(#)conco, 19:30:37, Dec 17 2015" FUNC/bde_StartOSProcess LINE/1217 MS/000000 MSN/264 SRC/11 PRCS/1886109734 ABCODE/ SRVID/5 PID/16960 TID/3404 PROC/cicsam SECONDARY SYMPTOMS = bde_StartOSProcess returned transient error. Retrying 1 of 1 SYMPTOMS = TIME/"06/13/16 17:36:26.731012000" REGION/CHTEST PROD/5724LX600 LVLS/810 MOD/"@(#)conco, 19:30:37, Dec 17 2015" FUNC/ConCO_CreateProcess LINE/1217 MS/010121 MSN/264 SRC/2 PRCS/1886109734 ABCODE/AKCS SRVID/5 PID/16960 TID/3404 PROC/cicsam SECONDARY SYMPTOMS = 2 Transient errors from bde_StartOSProcess
Problem conclusion
This issue is fixed by correcting the code used for creating CICS processes. This fix is applicable for TXSeries runnning on Linux platform (RHEL/SLES) only.
Temporary fix
Comments
APAR Information
APAR number
IV85559
Reported component name
TXSERIES LIN CI
Reported component ID
5724LX800
Reported release
810
Status
CLOSED PER
PE
NoPE
HIPER
NoHIPER
Special Attention
NoSpecatt / Xsystem
Submitted date
2016-06-09
Closed date
2017-02-21
Last modified date
2017-02-21
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Fix information
Fixed component name
TXSERIES LIN CI
Fixed component ID
5724LX800
Applicable component levels
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Document Information
Modified date:
10 March 2021