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PH68623: !MESSAGE FAILED TO GET SYSTEM MAPPING FILE PATH NAME. DEFAULT IS CREATED

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APAR status

  • Closed as duplicate of another APAR.

Error description

  • A "populator" extension point is loaded that gets used to
    associate MVS file subsystem instances (RSE model) with IOSIMage
    instances (part of a special RSE-independent RDz model).   The
    code that does this associating is normally triggered by RSE
    resource change events for adding connections - called whenever
    a new RSE connection is created (either explicitly by a user or
    by loading the RSE DOM at startup time).  In the cases where
    "Failed to get system mapping file path name" occurs, the event
    that triggers the populator extension point, which makes the
    associations, happens after the failure to get the system
    mapping for that connection.  The code that tries to get the
    system mapping file path for the MVS file subsystem fails
    because it can't find the associated IOSImage at that time.
    There's a check that should have mitigated the missing mapping
    however it incorrectly uses a certain mask to determine whether
    the populator has already made the associations.   If I fix that
    to also check that associations have been made, then I no longer
    see the error message.
    

Local fix

Problem summary

Problem conclusion

Temporary fix

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APAR Information

  • APAR number

    PH68623

  • Reported component name

    EXP FOR Z/OS CL

  • Reported component ID

    5655EXP00

  • Reported release

    340

  • Status

    CLOSED DUB

  • PE

    NoPE

  • HIPER

    NoHIPER

  • Special Attention

    NoSpecatt / Xsystem

  • Submitted date

    2025-10-21

  • Closed date

    2026-03-27

  • Last modified date

    2026-03-27

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Fix information

Applicable component levels

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Document Information

Modified date:
27 March 2026