I'll try to clarify things. An APAR is a report used for tracking things, most often reported errors. Associated with the APAR are identifiers with the same numeric parts, used as sysmod ids in SMP. A common situation is that the error exists in multiple releases. There used to be a documented pattern in how the prefixes are assigned; I''m not sure whether that is still true. Also, 3rd party vendors may have their own conventions. Technically those associated sysmod ids are not APAR numbers, but some people use the term regardless.
A typical scenario is that IBM flags PTFS as PTF in ERROR (PE), assigning holddata to the PTFS with reasons containing sysmod ids associated ith the APAR numbers. IBM may provide ++ APAR sysmods to correct the errors, but normally will eventually provide PTF or FUNCTION sysmods that supercede them. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 עַם יִשְׂרָאֵל חַי ________________________________________ From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> on behalf of Shaffer, Terri <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, November 3, 2023 12:32 PM To: [email protected] Subject: IBM APAR Names Hi, So I should know this but apparently I missed the memo along the way, Can anyone give me the secret decoder I know AHxxxxx went to PHxxxxx But what do I search for CAxxxx and EAxxxx APARs? ________________________________ [https://go.aciworldwide.com/rs/030-ROK-804/images/aci-footer.jpg] <http://www.aciworldwide.com/> This email message and any attachments may contain confidential, proprietary or non-public information. The information is intended solely for the designated recipient(s). If an addressing or transmission error has misdirected this email, please notify the sender immediately and destroy this email. Any review, dissemination, use or reliance upon this information by unintended recipients is prohibited. Any opinions expressed in this email are those of the author personally. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
