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PH70542: DFHSO1001 CODE X'043C' OCCURS WHEN COLLECT STATISTICS IS ISSUED 26/04/08 PTF PECHANGE

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APAR status

  • Closed as program error.

Error description

  • When EXEC CICS COLLECT STATISTICS issued for TCPIPSERVICEs,
    message
    DFHSO1001 A Communications Server TCP/IP callable NMI
    error (code X'043C') has occurred in module DFHSOIS is issued
    and COLLECT STATISTICS fails.
    This is due to when CICS called Comms Server function EZBNMIFR
    which returned the ENOBUFS / JRBuffTooSmall return codes and
    CICS does not handle those return codes correctly.
    You will see z/OS UNIX return code 7735006B(JRBuffTooSmall )
    returned for COLLECT STATISTICS in CICS trace entry.
    
    Trace entries report the problem:
    
    00054 QR    SO 0438 SOIS  EVENT SVC_NMI_STATS_ENTRY
    
    
    00054 QR    SO 043C SOIS  *EXC* SVC_NMI_INQUIRE_FAILED
    2,0,4,-1,1122,7735006B
    

Local fix

  • N/A
    

Problem summary

  • ****************************************************************
    * USERS AFFECTED: All CICS users with UI92969, UO04039,        *
    *                 UO06689.                                     *
    ****************************************************************
    * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: CICS issues MSGDFHSO1001 CODE X'043C'   *
    *                      when collecting sockets statistics.     *
    ****************************************************************
    When CICS is collecting sockets statistics, it calls
    Communications Server function `EZBNMIFR` passing a buffer.
    If `EZBNMIFR` finds that the buffer is too small then it returns
    a signed integer value of '-1' to CICS.
    CICS does not handle the '-1' value correctly and issues
    message:
        DFHSO1001 A Communications Server TCP/IP callable
        NMI error (code X'043C') has occurred in module DFHSOIS.
    

Problem conclusion

  • UI92969 UO04039 UO06689
    CICS has been modified to handle the '-1' return value
    correctly.
    

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

  • APAR number

    PH70542

  • Reported component name

    CICS TS Z/OS V6

  • Reported component ID

    5655YA100

  • Reported release

    500

  • Status

    CLOSED PER

  • PE

    YesPE

  • HIPER

    NoHIPER

  • Special Attention

    NoSpecatt / Xsystem

  • Submitted date

    2026-03-16

  • Closed date

    2026-04-08

  • Last modified date

    2026-05-02

  • APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:

    PH69432

  • APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:

    UO07427

Modules/Macros

  • DFHAPDM  DFHASV   DFHCRC   DFHCRNP  DFHCRSP  DFHCSVC  DFHCZTRI
    DFHDBCR  DFHDBCT  DFHDMDM  DFHDMSVC DFHDSDM  DFHDSDS3 DFHDSMT
    DFHDSTCB DFHDT64M DFHDTDA  DFHDTDC  DFHDTLI  DFHDTLX  DFHDTRC
    DFHDTRI  DFHDTSS  DFHDTST  DFHDUDU  DFHDUSR  DFHDUSVC DFHEIQST
    DFHHPSVC DFHIEIE  DFHIEXM  DFHKEAR  DFHKEDD  DFHKEDS  DFHKEGD
    DFHKEIN  DFHKESTX DFHKETCB DFHKETIX DFHL2BS4 DFHL2CH4 DFHL2CHE
    DFHL2CHM DFHL2CHO DFHL2CHP DFHL2LB  DFHL2SR5 DFHL2WF  DFHLDDM
    DFHLDDMI DFHLDLB2 DFHLDLB3 DFHLDLD1 DFHLDLD2 DFHLDLD3 DFHLDSVC
    DFHLEPTD DFHLEPTI DFHMNDM  DFHMNSU  DFHMNSVC DFHMQIG  DFHMQSVC
    DFHNCSVC DFHPITH  DFHPSPSS DFHRXDM  DFHRXSVC DFHRXUW  DFHRZDM
    DFHRZIX  DFHRZLN  DFHRZNR2 DFHRZRG2 DFHRZRM  DFHRZRS1 DFHRZSO
    DFHRZSO1 DFHRZTA  DFHRZTCX DFHRZTR1 DFHRZTRI DFHRZXM  DFHS2PP
    DFHSIB1  DFHSIF1  DFHSIJ1  DFHSJNDI DFHSJPTI DFHSKC   DFHSMDM
    DFHSMPP  DFHSMSU  DFHSNTU  DFHSOAD  DFHSOCK  DFHSOCKT DFHSODM
    DFHSODS  DFHSODUF DFHSOHN  DFHSOIS  DFHSOL   DFHSOLI  DFHSOLS
    DFHSOLX  DFHSOLX6 DFHSOM01 DFHSOM02 DFHSOM03 DFHSONT  DFHSOPL
    DFHSORD  DFHSORL  DFHSORM  DFHSOS00 DFHSOS01 DFHSOS02 DFHSOS03
    DFHSOS04 DFHSOS05 DFHSOS06 DFHSOS07 DFHSOS08 DFHSOS09 DFHSOS10
    DFHSOS11 DFHSOS12 DFHSOS13 DFHSOS14 DFHSOS15 DFHSOS16 DFHSOS17
    DFHSOS18 DFHSOS19 DFHSOS20 DFHSOS21 DFHSOS22 DFHSOS23 DFHSOSE
    DFHSOSES DFHSOSM  DFHSOST  DFHSOSVC DFHSOTB  DFHSOTI  DFHSOTRI
    DFHSOUE  DFHSOXM  DFHSPEJB DFHSPEJC DFHSPEJE DFHSPISB DFHSPISC
    DFHSPISE DFHSPSOB DFHSPSOC DFHSPSOE DFHSPWBB DFHSPWBC DFHSPWBE
    DFHSTP   DFHSTST  DFHTCDUF DFHWBA   DFHWBA1  DFHWBAP  DFHWBAPF
    DFHWBBLI DFHWBCL  DFHWBDUF DFHWBSO  DFHWBSR  DFHWBSV  DFHWBXM
    DFHWBXN  DFHWSSN2 DFHWSSR  DFHWSTKV DFHWTI   DFHXCDMP DFHXCGUR
    DFHXCSVC DFHXSAD  DFHXSCT  DFHXSDM  DFHXSFL  DFHXSIS  DFHXSKR
    DFHXSLU  DFHXSPW  DFHXSRC  DFHZDSP  DFHZHPSR DFHZIS2  DFHZXSTS
    DFJ@H360
    

Fix information

  • Fixed component name

    CICS TS Z/OS V6

  • Fixed component ID

    5655YA100

Applicable component levels

  • R400 PSY UO07427

       UP26/04/17 P F604 {

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Document Information

Modified date:
02 May 2026