PI58037: ABEND0C4 RC04 AT VARIOUS OFFSETS WHEN USING PROGRAM RESTART FACILITY WITH DFS3PU00

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APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• ABEND0C4 RC04 at various offsets when using Program Restart
  Facility with DFS3PU00, the IMS Catalog Update utility.
  Reported abends have occurred at DFS3PU00+x'F442',
  DFSUSCH1+x'112', and DFS3PU00+x'1004'. Other abends may occur.
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED: All Users of Program Restart Facility V2R2   *
  *                 who use the IMS Catalog Populate and Import  *
  *                 utilities.                                   *
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  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: Customers who use the IMS Catalog       *
  *                      Populate or Import utilities and who    *
  *                      also use the Program Restart Facility   *
  *                      can encounter ABEND0C4 at various       *
  *                      offsets in several modules called by    *
  *                      these utilities.                        *
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  * RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
  ****************************************************************
  The Catalog Populate and Import utilities ATTACH parts of
  themselves to run in the IMS Region Controller (DFSRRC00).
  This causes the Program Restart Facility to get called in
  environments where it is installed. The Program Restart
  Facility protects itself from user applications by ATTACHing
  the user application in a way that causes subpool zero to be
  non-shared. In the case of the Catalog Populate and Import
  utilities, the ATTACHed part of the utility allocates storage
  that the main process expects to share. Once the ATTACHed part
  of the utility ends, this storage is automatically freed due
  to the ATTACH options which cause subpool zero to be non-
  shared. When the main process attempts to access this freed
  storage, the abend occurs.
  
  In addition, these utilities can call the Region Controller
  multiple times in the same job step. PRF does not support
  being called in this way.
  

Problem conclusion

• The Program Restart Facility will check to see if the job step
  task is one of the IMS Catalog Populate or Import utilities. If
  so, the Program Restart Facility will de-activate itself.
  

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:

  UI36339

Modules/Macros

• IRTUPX00
  

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  IMS PGM RESTART

• Fixed component ID

  5655E1400

Applicable component levels

• R220 PSY UI36339

     UP16/04/12 P F604

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