PI17781: DFHME0121 THE FIRST ATTEMPT AT FORMATTING MESSAGE DFHAP1900, TD QUEUE CADS, HAS FAILED - INVALID DBCS FORMAT

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APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• This was an attempt to write out a FEPI SET CONNECTION command
  that passed USERDATA that contained a SOSI character x'0F'.
  FEPI ignores the DATA in the USERDATA but module DFHMEFO scans
  each character of the input string for the presence of a
  Double-Byte Character Strings and if found will issue a reason
  of INVALID_DBCS_FORMAT.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Additional Symptom(s) Search Keyword(s): KIXREVDAM
  

Local fix

• n/a
  

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED: All                                          *
  ****************************************************************
  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: DFHME0121 issued because a FEPI SET     *
  *                      CONNECTION command contains userdata    *
  *                      with an x'0E' or x'0F' character.       *
  ****************************************************************
  * RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
  ****************************************************************
  An EXEC CICS FEPI SET CONNECTION command passed USERDATA that
  contains an unmatched SOSI character. When DFHEIP tries to
  audit this command with message DFHAP1900, module DFHMEFO
  scans the input string for the presence of an unmatched
  Double-Byte Character Set shift character. It finds
  an x'0F' and this is treated as an indicator of
  INVALID_DBCS_FORMAT, which results in message DFHME0121.
  KEYWORDS: msgdfhme0121 me0212 0121
            msgdfhap1900 ap1900 1900
  

Problem conclusion

• DFHEIP has been changed to treat EXEC CICS FEPI commands in
  the same manner as EXEC CICS SET TERMINAL commands, and not
  issue DFHAP1900 audit messages after they are issued.
    The CICS Transaction Server for z/OS 5.1 System Programming
  Reference (SC34-2872-00) will be changed as follows. In chapter
  1, page 32, under the section "SPI commands that are not
  audited", the following bullet points will be added after the
  existing one for SET TERMINAL:
  "o    FEPI SET commands"
  .
  The same change will be made to the CICS Transaction Server
  for z/OS 5.2 System Programming Reference (SC34-7294-00) in
  the same place.
  

Temporary fix

• FIX AVAILABLE BY PTF ONLY
  

Comments

APAR Information

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

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

  UI19779 UI19780

Modules/Macros

• DFHEIP
  

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  CICS TS Z/OS V5

• Fixed component ID

  5655Y0400

Applicable component levels

• R800 PSY UI19779

     UP14/07/25 P F407

• R900 PSY UI19780

     UP14/07/25 P F407

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