PK68401: NEW TRUE FOR NATIVE QSAM CALLS

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APAR status

• Closed as new function.

Error description

• NEW TRUE FOR NATIVE QSAM CALLS
  

Local fix

Problem summary

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  * USERS AFFECTED: All                                          *
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  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: Cobol, PLI and Debug tool use           *
  *                      Extrapartition TD queues to access      *
  *                      sysdebug information during abend and   *
  *                      debug processing.                       *
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  * RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
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  Cobol, PLI and Debug Tool use Extrapartition TD
  queues to access sysdebug information during abend and
  debug processing. This requires use of the SPI to open
  and close the queues. It also requires they have
  authorization to access TD queues.
  
  If a customer disallows use of SPI in their CICS region
  then they lose the ability to debug their applications.
  
  As there is no resource level security for TD queues,
  protection is solely via command level security. Granting
  access for users to access TD queues required for PLI,
  Cobol and Debug Tool is unacceptable as it gives access
  to other TD queues such as CSMT.
  KEYWORDS: PL1 DebugTool tdq
  

Problem conclusion

Temporary fix

• FIX AVAILABLE BY PTF ONLY
  

Comments

• PLI, Cobol and Debug Tool will use an OPENAPI TRUE to
  access the SYSDEBUG files using native QSAM api calls
  thereby bypassing the need to use CICS TD queues.
    The CICS Transaction Server 3.2 Data Areas manual
  (GC34686300) will be updated as follows. The description
  of the CSA will be amended, and the reserved 4 byte slot
  at offset x'180' will be redefined to read:
  '(180)   CSALETRU   ADDRESS   4   Address of DFHLETRU'
  

APAR Information

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

  PK67329

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

  UK40995 UK41012

Modules/Macros

•    DFHCSAD  DFHCSAPS DFHCURDI DFHCURDM DFHLETRU
  DFHLETWC DFHLETWD DFHPMTAB DFHRCEX  DFHSIB1  DFHSIJ1  HCI6500J
  

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  CICSTS V3 Z/OS

• Fixed component ID

  5655M1500

Applicable component levels

• R500 PSY UK40995

     UP08/10/29 P F810

• R50M PSN

     UP

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