PM87991: GET ABENDASH2 CONTINUOUSLY AFTER MSDFHSH0105 AND MSDFHSH0107.

Obtain the fix for this APAR.

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• You are running BTS and it appears there is a problem with the
  repository file. This generates messages DFHSH0105 and also
  DFHSH0107. Then you get repeated ABENDAHS2  coming out of
  DFHSHRQ in the shrq_method_accept routine. The messages are
  generated continuously several times per second. This will
  eventually fill the system spool and cause other severe issues.
  additional symptoms: KIXREVSCB
  

Local fix

Problem summary

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  * USERS AFFECTED: All                                          *
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  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: CICS issues repeated DFHAC2236 abend    *
  *                      ASH2 messages for transaction CSHA.     *
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  * RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
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  When a BTS activity is unflattened from the repository, DFHBAXM
  bind processing detects that it had been marked active when
  hardened to the dataset. This is invalid, so a disaster response
  is returned and the transaction is abended ASH2. As part of
  commit backwards processing, a new CSHA task is attached to
  harden data back to the repository. However, this fails in bind
  processing for the smme reason, and the process is repeated.
  DFHAC2236 messages are issued for every task that abends like
  this, and these can start to affect spool usage.
  KEYWORDS: CBTS BA AC2236 BAXM abendash2
            msgDFHAC2236 msgDFHSH0105 msgDFHSH0107 SH0105 SH0107
  

Problem conclusion

• The BA domain has been modified to generate first failure data
  capture if an activity is still marked as active when it is
  about to be flattened to, or has been unflattened from, the
  repository data set.
    The SH domain has been modified to set the request state to
  free in the event of a disaster being returned from baxm_bind
  processing. This will discard the request rather than reject
  it with the abend that results in the loop.
    The CICS Transaction Server V5.1 Trace Entries manual
  (SC34-2873-00) will be updated as follows:
    New trace entry BA 0127 will be added after existing entry
  BA 0126 on page 470:
  "BA 0127  DFHBAXM Exc  Activity mode active on repository"
    New trace entry BA 0176 will be added after existing entry
  BA 0175 on page 471:
  "BA 0176  DFHBAXM Exc  Bind disaster    1 BAXM parameter list"
  

Temporary fix

• FIX AVAILABLE BY PTF ONLY
  

Comments

APAR Information

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

  PM85294

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

  UK95769

Modules/Macros

• DFHATUP  DFHBAA10 DFHBAA11 DFHBAA12 DFHBAAC0 DFHBAAC1 DFHBAAC2
  DFHBAAC3 DFHBAAC4 DFHBAAC5 DFHBAAC6 DFHBAAC  DFHBAAR1 DFHBAAR2
  DFHBABR  DFHBABU1 DFHBACM  DFHBACR  DFHBADM  DFHBADU1 DFHBADUF
  DFHBALR2 DFHBALR3 DFHBALR4 DFHBALR5 DFHBALR6 DFHBALR7 DFHBALR8
  DFHBALR9 DFHBAOFI DFHBAPR0 DFHBAPR  DFHBAPT1 DFHBAPT2 DFHBAPT3
  DFHBARUC DFHBARUD DFHBARUP DFHBASP  DFHBATRI DFHBATT  DFHBAUE
  DFHBAVP1 DFHBAXM  DFHSHDM  DFHSHPR  DFHSHRE1 DFHSHRM  DFHSHRQ1
  DFHSHRQ  DFHSHRR  DFHSHTI  DFHSHXM
  

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  CICS TS Z/OS V5

• Fixed component ID

  5655Y0400

Applicable component levels

• R800 PSY UK95769

     UP13/07/18 P F307

Fix is available

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