Question & Answer
Question
Why do I receive the following abend0C4 when running CICS Transaction Server for z/OS (CICS TS) V5.4 with CA Top Secret from CA Technologies?
DFHXS0001 An abend (code 0C4 AKEA) has occurred at offset X'FFFF' in module DFHXSPW
Answer
Contact CA Technologies and request PTFs SO05586 and SO05587.
To confirm that these fixes will resolve your problem, you will need the dump of the abend 0C4. Enter IPCS command VERBX DFHPD710 'KE=1' (where "710" is for CICS TS 5.4) to display the Kernel error domain. At the time of the abend, you will see transaction CWXN is running and its stack looks like:
KE_NUM @STACK LEN TYPE ADDRESS LINK REG OFFSET ERR NAME
011B 30623040 0210 Bot 2E903500 AE903A92 000592 DFHKETA
011B 30623250 03D0 Dom 2E9211E0 AE92146C 00028C DFHDSKE
011B 30623620 1590 Dom 2E95F920 AE961B16 0021F6 DFHXMTA
011B 30624BB0 11D0 Dom 2F05D948 AF060A5E 003116 DFHPGPG
Int +0002A8 AF05DB30 0001E8 INITIAL_LINK
011B 30625D80 1050 Dom 2F60BD00 B440039C 000000 DFHAPLI1
Int +002D16 AF60CB5E 000E5E CICS_INTERFACE
011B 30626DD0 1580 Dom 2F465F60 AF472502 00C5A2 DFHWBSR
Int +000E9C AF4661B6 000256 RECEIVE
011B 30628350 0F60 Dom 2EA78848 AEA7ABFE 0023B6 *Y* DFHXSPW
Int +000458 AEA78A8C 000244
INQUIRE_PASSWORD_DATA
011B 3035B040 1520 Dom 2E9B8B70 2E9BDCB9 005149 DFHMEME
Int +0042AA 2E9B8F4A 0003DA SEND
Int +001AB0 2E9BCF1A 0043AA CONTINUE_SEND
011B 3035C560 0B50 Dom 2EA7D1E0 AEA7EF2E 001D4E DFHDUDU
Int +000C6C AEA7D3F2 000212 SYSTEM_DUMP
Int +001D0C AEA7E26A 00108A TAKE_SYSTEM_DUMP
Error happened in program DFHXSPW at offset 00001D60
Error did not happen under the CICS RB.
CICS and then MVS Registers and PSW follow.
PSW: 078D0000 80000000 00000000 2EA7A5A8 Instruction Length: 4 Interrupt Code: F6
Exception Address: 00000000_7FFFF800
Execution key at Program Check/Abend: 8 Addressing Mode: 31
Space at Program Check/Abend: Basespace
Breaking Event Address: 00000000_2D8EE56C - offset UNKNOWN in module
If you enter option 1 from the IPCS primary option menu to Browse the dump data set starting at the PSW address in the Breaking Event Address (BEAR), 2D8EE56C in this case, then scroll backwards until you find the eyecatcher of the failing module. You will see that the BEAR points to a CA Top Secret module:
| SAFCRPBK CAKOG00 |
| ~RMID(SO05264) |
| ~ 20180430 13.44 |
| .......CA SAF |
| R16.0 - COPYR |
Debbie McLaughlin
IBM CICS Level 2 Support
Product Synonym
CICS/TS CICSTS CICS TS CICS Transaction Server
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Modified date:
21 March 2019
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