> > We saw this internally recently-- > > I believe this specific 878-10 is due to the installation of a + > +APAR for OA43495 which I think is for new hardware toleration. > Either some versions of the ++APAR don't have part IOSVFMTC included > which has updates to IOS formatters that are called as part of IP > STATUS, or IOSVFMTC wasn't applied to the miglib that IPCS brings up. > > > > see canceled apar OA45781: ABEND878-10 on IPCS ANALYZE or IPCS > IOSK, due to zero ULUT pointer in an analyzed dump > > > > This should be corrected by making sure your miglib has the > updated IOSVFMTC in it, or making sure you are on the latest ++APAR build. > > -- > > Nick Jones > > z/OS Service Aids > > I've bumped into this a couple of times recently. I'd like to fix it, > but it's not obvious to me what needs to be done. We look at dumps > from all sorts of z/OS levels, so on our main Support image (currently > running z/OS 2.2) we have a list of MIGLIBs and a little bit of REXX > to present a menu and set IPCS up for the appropriate dump. Just now > I'm looking at a customer dump from z/OS 2.1, and getting the bogus > GETMAIN for X'7FFF4000' bytes. Do I understand correctly that the > problem lies in the 2.1 MIGLIB I'm using on this z/OS 2.2 system? If > so, how can I get a suitable 2.1 MIGLIB to copy to this image - in > other words how can I ensure that the fix is applied? Do I need to > make sure OA43495 (or its 2.1 PTF) is applied on a 2.1 system, and > only then recopy MIGLIB? Or is there a way I can apply the maintenance > directly to the 2.1 MIGLIB on the 2.2 system? Clearly the copy used > just for IPCS doesn't need to be formally maintained, though it would > doubtless be a good idea. > > Or... Have I misunderstood: Is the problem not with the 2.1 MIGLIB at > all? Is there perhaps maintenance needed to z/OS 2.2 IPCS itself?
You need to install PTF UA90783 (for APAR OA43495) on a z/OS 2.1 system, and then use that MIGLIB (or a copy of it) when processing dumps from z/OS 2.1 systems. Jim Mulder z/OS System Test IBM Corp. Poughkeepsie, NY ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
