PI14763: THE CICS SVC CHECK FOR THE PROPER LEVEL IS NOT BEING PERFORMED CORRECTLY. DFHKE0104 NOT ISSUED WITH BACKLEVEL SVC VERSION.

APAR status

• Closed as fixed if next.

Error description

• You start CICS TS 5.1 with a backlevel SVC version of CICS TS
  4.2. The CICS region can be started successfully with no
  DFHKE0104 message.
  .
  From the CICS Installation Guide, it says :
  "CICS contains a test to verify that it is using the correct
  level of the CICS DFHCSVC module. If CICS calls an SVC
  module using the SVC number specified on the CICSSVC system
  initialization parameter and that module is not at the current
  level, CICS issues message DFHKE0104."
  .
  In this case, the CICS TS 5.1 does not fail to initialize with
  message DFHLE0104, when the down level DFHCSVC for 4.2 is
  installed. This is due to SVCHK_CURRENT_SVC_LEVEL has not been
  updated for CICS TS 5.1. This field is used to compare the
  release level of the SVC against the release of CICS being run
  to allow downward compatibility.
  .
  Additional Symptom(s) Search Keyword(s): KIXREVxxx
  

Local fix

• Use the correct version of DFHCSVC.
  

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED: All CICS users.                              *
  ****************************************************************
  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: DFHKE0104 message is not issued when    *
  *                      starting CICS TS 5.1 using the CICS     *
  *                      TS 4.2 SVC.                             *
  ****************************************************************
  * RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
  ****************************************************************
  A CICS TS 5.1 system is started with a CICS TS 4.2 SVC number
  specified in SIT parameter. According to the Installation Guide,
  the CICS initialization should fail with DFHKE0104 being issued.
  This is not the case and the CICS TS 5.1 system can be
  successfully started with the CICS TS 4.2 SVC.
  

Problem conclusion

Temporary fix

Comments

• This APAR is being closed FIN with concurrence from the
  submitting customer.  This means that a fix to this APAR is
  expected to be delivered from IBM in a release which is being
  developed at the time that the APAR was closed.
  The latest release of the product to exit development at the
  time this APAR was closed was:
    CICS Transaction Server for z/OS V5.1.
  OLY86382  OLY 86382
  

APAR Information

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

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

Fix information

Applicable component levels

• R800 PSY

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