PQ84911: THE PUSH STACK DIAGNOSTIC MESSAGE MAY OR MAY NOT RESULT IN THE NON-ZERO RETURN CODE DEPENDING ON THE METH 04/06/11 PTF PECHANGE

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APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• In recent versions of IMS (since HLASM), member DFSIXSB4 in
  DFSSLIB creates an ASMUTIL entry for SMP which has the HLASM
  option FLAG(NOPUSH) specified which would make assemblieswith
  PUSH STACK diagnostic messages complete RC=0. The current IMS9.1
  release is no exception, however if the customer not install via
  the INSTALL/IVP ISPF dialog and instead chose to new DFSALB job
  found in DFSISRC, the FLAG(NOPUSH) option is no longer specified
  for the ASMUTIL entry, so there is a bit of a conflict with the
  options specified. Depending on the method the customer chooses
  to install the new version of IMS, the PUSH STACK diagnostic
  message may or may not result in the non-zero return code.
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED: All users intending to use Program Restart   *
  *                 Facility for IMS with IMS Version 9.         *
  ****************************************************************
  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: This APAR addresses the following       *
  *                      issues reported during the IMS V9 QPP:  *
  *                      IMSGROUP= processing was not always     *
  *                      finding the active alternate IMS        *
  *                      system listed in the IMSGROUP table.    *
  *                      Some assemblies of the sample usermods  *
  *                      required the FLAG(NOPUSH) option to be  *
  *                      specified by an ASMUTIL SMP/E entry.    *
  *                      The wrong version of module IRTPOSxx    *
  *                      was shipped.                            *
  ****************************************************************
  * RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
  ****************************************************************
  In recent versions of IMS (since HLASM), member DFSIXSB4 in
  DFSSLIB creates an ASMUTIL entry for SMP which has the HLASM
  option FLAG(NOPUSH) specified, which would make assemblies with
  PUSH STACK diagnostic messages complete RC=0. The current
  IMS 9.1 release is no exception, however if the customer does
  not install via the INSTALL/IVP ISPF dialog and instead chooses
  the new DFSALB job found in DFSISRC, the FLAG(NOPUSH) option is
  no longer specified for the ASMUTIL entry, so there is a bit of
  conflict with the options specified. Depending on the method
  the customer chooses to install the new version of IMS, the
  PUSH STACK diagnostic message may or may not result in the
  non-zero return code.
  

Problem conclusion

• All of the reported problems have been corrected in this APAR.
  

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:

  UQ86401

Modules/Macros

•    H23D210J IRT#CPID IRT#IGNR IRT#INCL IRTAINCL
  IRTALLOC IRTAOPT0 IRTARESL IRTARE51 IRTARE61 IRTARE71 IRTARE81
  IRTARE91 IRTASM51 IRTASM61 IRTASM71 IRTASM81 IRTASM91 IRTAUSRL
  IRTDDA10 IRTDSL10 IRTFSC05 IRTFSC06 IRTFSC07 IRTFSC08 IRTFSC09
  IRTHKIB0 IRTINCD0 IRTIVACB IRTIVBMP IRTIVDBD IRTIVDLI IRTIVINI
  IRTIVOLC IRTIVPG1 IRTIVPSB IRTIVS1M IRTIXT05 IRTIXT06 IRTIXT07
  IRTIXT08 IRTIXT09 IRTJCLIN IRTLCA05 IRTLCA06 IRTLCA07 IRTLCA08
  IRTLCA09 IRTLFE05 IRTLFE06 IRTLFE07 IRTLFE08 IRTLFE09 IRTML99
  IRTMTB05 IRTMTB06 IRTMTB07 IRTMTB08 IRTMTB09 IRTPDLTC IRTPHELP
  IRTPH100 IRTPH200 IRTPH210 IRTPH211 IRTPH212 IRTPH213 IRTPH214
  IRTUM81B IRTUM81C IRTUM81D IRTUM91A IRTUM91B IRTUM91C IRTUM91D
  IRTUPX00 IRTURRC0 IRTUX001 IRTWMSG0 IRTXEXEC IRTXIOA0 IRTXISPF
  IRTXRI05 IRTXRI06 IRTXRI07 IRTXRI08 IRTXRI09 IRTXRST0 IRTXSC05
  IRTXSC06 IRTXSC07 IRTXSC08 IRTXSC09 IRTXSORT IRTXZSC  IRTXZSR
  IRTZSC05 IRTZSC06 IRTZSC07 IRTZSC08 IRTZSC09 IRTZSR05 IRTZSR06
  IRTZSR07 IRTZSR08 IRTZSR09 IRT1PROF IRT5ACB  IRT5OLCA IRT6ACB
  IRT6OLCA IRT7ACB  IRT7OLCA IRT9AJBS IRT9EINC IRT9VINC
  

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  IMS PGM RESTART

• Fixed component ID

  5655E1400

Applicable component levels

• R210 PSY UQ86401

     UP04/03/20 P F403 Ø

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