Hmmm, a vendor who uses the poor programming practice of not initializing their GETMAIN'ed storage. You always get bit in the "end" by assuming.
Guy Gardoit z/OS Systems Programming On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 12:05 PM, Mark Zelden <[email protected]>wrote: > FYI - this note just came to me: > ================================== > > Dear Users > > Beta Systems Product management has asked us to forward to you an urgent > message concerning the compatibility of our standard products with IBM's > z/OS 1.10. > > Please forward this information to your customers, if there is the need > to do so. > > "Compatibility tests carried out on IBM operating system z/OS 1.10 have > revealed massive incompatibility between this system and our products. > This incompatibility was caused by changes to z/OS 1.10. The erroneous > effects of these changes were fixed by PTF UK42299 from IBM on 24.12.2008. > Unless IBM PTF UK42299 is implemented correctly, running any of the > current releases of Beta Systems products under z/OS 1.10 would inevitably > result in production failures, inconsistencies, and possible loss of data. > > Therefore we must stress that absolutely n o n e of the previous software > releases of our products have been released for operation with z/OS 1.10! > > At Beta systems we are currently developing and testing PTF packages for > all product releases that are based on BSA Version 4. These PTF packages > will ensure that z/OS 1.10 is supported. > > The PTF packages will be available from February 2009. > > If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us: > mailto:[email protected] > > > > Technical Background: > ======================== > > ######### > HIPER FIX > ######### > > Affected: > - All Beta Systems software products (BSA versions 3 and 4) under z/OS 1.10 > > Error: > - ABEND0C4 in the initialization phase of some products > - Inconsistencies in the BQL database (subsequent error) > - Possible data loss !!! > > Temporary status: > - BSA-based Beta Systems products must not be used with z/OS 1.10 > > Fix: > - PTF package for all the named releases (see below) > - Fix included in all the new releases (from 1.1.2009) > > Explanation: > In z/OS 1.10, a far-reaching change was made to the Virtual Storage Manager > (VSM). This change revealed an error in the C-Start routine (EDCXSTRT), > which is always used by System-Programmer-C (SPC) programs for > initialization. > The error was caused when storage requested by a C program as "NULL" > (global > variable/pointer) was not initialized. This uninitialized storage led to > unpredictable errors/abends. > > IBM has described the change to VSM in APAR OA27291(status: open/hiper). > The error in the SPC start routine EDCXSTRT is described in APAR PK76106. > PTF UK42299 for APAR PK76106 has been available from IBM since 24.12.2008. > > It is recommended that you apply IBM PTF UK42299 if you are using your own > SPC programs. PTF UK42299 does not need to be installed for the Beta > Systems > product fix. The PTFs from Beta Systems must be installed before the Beta > Systems programs affected by this error can run under z/OS 1.10. They will > not be compatible without the Beta Systems PTFs. Simply installing IBM PTF > UK42299 will not enable our products to run correctly. > > The following is a list of the affected products and their release levels > that will support z/OS 1.10 in future: > > Product Supported versions > BSA V4.2 V4.1 > B23 V4.2 V4.1 > Beta 48 V4.3* V4.2 > Beta 88 V4.5* V4.4 V4.3 > Beta 89 V3.4** > Beta 91 V4.3 V4.2 > Beta 92 V4.3 V4.2 > Beta 93 V4.2* V4.1 > Beta 93 - Fast Retrieval V4.1 > Beta 93 - Document Transformer V4.1 > > * z/OS 1.10 support included in the release - no PTFs > necessary > ** Only runs under BSA V3.4 level 0234-05 > > These PTF packages will be available on the Beta Systems ftp server from > February 2009. > As usual, you will find the packages in folders with "descriptive" names, > for example, ftp://ftp.betasystems.com/pub/BETA92/V4R3/cumptfs/ " > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO > Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
