EZDB for CA-IDMS Support

PTFs are listed below for all currently supported version of EZ-DB and DB90s. Download the required PTFs and follow the instructions in the EZ-DB User Guide to apply the PTF.

Currently supported versions:

CI0502 - Version 5.6 for CA-IDMS Release 17 only
C40901 - Version 5.5 for CA-IDMS Release 16 only
C10401 - Version 5.4 for CA-IDMS Release 15 only

For problems or queries that are not fixed by the current APARs, you should initially contact your local distributor that supplied the software to you. They will liase directly with the development team to resolve your issue.

In an emergency or if you cannot reach your local distributor, you can contact;

support@cogito.co.uk

EZ-DB: Non Product Specific
READ.ME - EZ-DB PTF Download Instructions and Naming Standards

EZ-SQP (Soft Quiesce Point)

EZ-Image

EZ-Reorg/EZ-RSTU


DB-Synchro


DB-Megabuf


DB-Peek


EZ-Bridge and EZ-Test

EZ-DB: Non Product Specific
READ.ME - EZ-DB PTF Download Instructions and Naming Standards

CD409.107 - Optional: Multiple IDMSIOX2 exits pass incorrect parameter list
CD409.110 - Mandatory: An IO error may corrupt the TCE when SYNAD called. Coreq CD409.111
CD409.111 - Mandatory: Replacement #COEXIT macro for use in conjunction with coreq CD409.110
CD409.115 - Optional: ALLOC8 processing a segment stops if a file is missing, instead of continuing with next file
CD409.125 - Optional: Increase COPEEK's limit on CSECTS in a load module from 256 to 4096.
CD409.126 - Optional: Update various online display literals from 5.4 to 5.5
CD409.144 - Optional: Allow load from STEPLIB using CDMSLIB=NO parm. CD409.145 is a co-req.
CD409.145 - Optional: Allow load from STEPLIB using CDMSLIB=NO parm. This file is in binary format.

CD602.T02 - Tech Note: Region Sizes GT 32 Meg
CD602.T03 - Tech Note: Area Locked at IDMS Startup
CD602.T06 - Tech Note: Getmain Failures at Startup FREESTG
CD409.T10 - Tech Note: z/OS 1.9 and ALLOWUSERKEYCSA(NO)

EZ-SQP (Soft Quiesce Point)
CQ409.124 - Mandatory: COSQCNCT can erroneously report a journal sequnce error

EZ-Image
CG703.T03 - Tech Note: EZ-Image Flush Buffers Initialise VSAM
CG801.T05 - Tech Note: EZ-Image Unload/Reload
CG801.T07 - Tech Note: EZ-Image VSAM Error Codes

EZ-Reorg/EZ-RSTU
CZ409.104 - Optional - Replacement DBEZPJNL to prevent abend if run as a started task. Coreq CZ104.105.
CZ409.105 - Optional - Object deck for CZ409.104 - Note this member is in binary format.
CZ409.106 - Mandatory: S0C4 abend in DBEZCUP1 after message DB905526 DBEZSTOP JOURNAL STAMP
CZ409.118 - Mandatory: SOC1 in DBEZCUP2 when processing varaible length SR3's.
CZ409.119 - Mandatory: DB905523 WARNING NO BGIN FOR RU BFOR FOUND INSTEAD issued when no AREA records.
CZ409.120 - Mandatory: Support for IDMS R16 SP4 Express Reorg option
CZ409.121 - Mandatory: Under rare conditions DBEZVXT4 can abend S0C4
CZ409.123 - Mandatory: S0C1 in DBEZCUP2
CZ409.131 - Mandatory: S0C1 in DBEZCUP2
CZ409.135 - Optional: DBEZCUP2 end RC4 when there is no DML. Change RC.

CZ907.T01 - Tech Note: Restructure followed by DBReorg
CZ907.T06 - Tech Note: DB-Reorg and DBEZSR23
CZ602.T17 - Tech Note: BCF Reload SYS005 DBEZJOB3
CZ602.T19 - Tech Note: Optimising Sorts
CZ703.T01 - Tech Note: Running Unload/Reload Twice
CZ703.T02 - Tech Note: VIA OM Set 1206 Abends
CZ710.T07 - Tech Note: PROCESS=INDEX/REORG/RSTU
CZ801.T01 - Tech Note: Re Use of Database Procedures
CZ104.T01 - Tech Note: Re DFSPARM running SORT - Possible S0C1 in DBEZCUP2 or a DB905537 from DBEZCUP3

DB-Synchro
CS409.129 - Mandatory: 3964 at SHUTDOWN
CS409.132 - Optional: SA03 in Local Mode Job with no FINISH. CS409.133 is a co-req.
CS409.133 - Optional: SA03 in Local Mode Job with no FINISH. This file is in binary format.

DB-Megabuf

DB-Peek
CD409.125 - Optional - COPEEK only reports the first 256 CSECTs

EZ-Bridge and EZ-Test

CE409.102 - Optional: DB2KLE37 fails to apply in z/OS 1.4.
CE409.103 - Optional: CICS TS 2.x Unknown call to DB2KCEXE
CE409.112 - Optional: Override IDMS startup date. R16 version of CE801220/CE907097.
CE409.114 - Optional: R16 Override IDMS Startup Date using the SVC Hook (R16 SP01 only)
CE409.117 - Optional: Replacement for DB2KLE37 to include z/OS releases
CE409.130 - Mandatory: Time returned from GETIME may be corrupted
CE409.134 - Mandatory: S0C4 recursive abend in DB2KDBMS.
CE409.141 - Mandatory: DB2KCEXE CICS exit routine can set a corrupt return code.

CE104.T05 - Tech Note: 'ACCEPT .. FROM DATE' fails to age under Enterprise COBOL

CE801.T02 - Tech Note: EZ-Test YYMM=ONLY
CE801.T08 - Tech Note: SVC Hook Installed/not Installed
CE801.T09 - Tech Note: Report Retention - Missing Reports
CE801.T12 - Tech Note: EZ-Test DB2KBRG WINDOWING
CE801.T13 - Tech Note: EZ-Test NATIVE SQL VIRTUAL DATA AGING
CE801.T15 - Tech Note: EZ-Test Business Day Aging

C10401 PTFs (IDMS Release 15.0)

EZ-DB: Non Product Specific
READ.ME - EZ-DB PTF Download Instructions and Naming Standards

CD104.T02 - Tech Note: Errors during assembly of IDMSDPLX and IDMSIOXT
CD104.T03 - Tech Note: Incorrect IDMSDBIO linkedit in INSTXITS
CD104.T10 - Tech Note: z/OS 1.9 and ALLOWUSERKEYCSA(NO)

CD602.T02 - Tech Note: Region Sizes GT 32 Meg
CD602.T03 - Tech Note: Area Locked at IDMS Startup
CD602.T06 - Tech Note: Getmain Failures at Startup FREESTG

CD104.016 - Mandatory - Possible abends when running in MPMode - CD104.017 is coreq
CD104.017 - Mandatory - Replacement object deck (in binary) for CD104.016
CD104.018 - Mandatory - CV may abend following an IO Error. PTF corrects the EZ-DB IO Error handling.
CD104.033 - Optional - ALLOC8 may abend when issuing NEWCOPY.
CD104.107 - Optional - Multiple IDMSIOX2 exits pass wrong parameter lists.
CD104.110 - Mandatory - IO error may corrupt TCE when called by SYNAD. Co-req CD104.111.
CD104.111 - Mandatory - Replacement #COEXIT for use with CD104.110.
CD104.125 - Optional: Increase COPEEK's limit on CSECTS in a load module from 256 to 4096.
CD104.144 - Optional: Allow load from STEPLIB using CDMSLIB=NO parm. CD104.145 is a co-req.
CD104.145 - Optional: Allow load from STEPLIB using CDMSLIB=NO parm. This file is in binary format.

EZ-SQP (Soft Quiesce Point)
CQ104.013 - Mandatory - COSQCNCT can incorrectly re-sequence it's output journal files.
CQ104.124 - Mandatory - COSQCNCT can erroneoulsy report a journal sequence error.

EZ-Image
CG703.T03 - Tech Note: EZ-Image Flush Buffers Initialise VSAM
CG801.T05 - Tech Note: EZ-Image Unload/Reload
CG801.T07 - Tech Note: EZ-Image VSAM Error Codes

EZ-Reorg/EZ-RSTU
CZ104.002 - Mandatory: Check for formatted journal in CUP1 (Reissued 12/09/2002 due to patch overlap)
CZ104.005 - Mandatory: DBEZSXT3 and DBEZVXT3 issuing NO OLD DBKEY FOUND
CZ104.006 - Mandatory: DBEZCNTL can extract the wrong page range
CZ104.007 - Optional: Possible problems with dependent areas and wrong page range being extracted
CZ104.009 - Mandatory: DBEZCUP3 may abend S0C1 at offset 1118
CZ104.010 - Mandatory: DBEZCUP3 excessive DML and IO with large index NEXT/PRIOR
CZ104.011 - Mandatory: DBEZCUP3 abend/loop with large index NEXT/PRIOR
CZ104.012 - Mandatory: DBEZCUP3 abend/loop with large index NEXT/PRIOR
CZ104.015 - Mandatory: DBEZVXT3 abend S0C1 with 'DB905590 OLD DBKEY FOUND FOR STORE OF KEY NNNNNNNN'
CZ104.019 - Mandatory: DBEZCUP3 may abend S0C1 at offset 1118 even with CZ104.009
CZ104.024 - Mandatory: DBEZCUP3 may abend S0C1 at offset 1118
CZ104.026 - Mandatory: DBEZCUP1 may abend S0C4 at offset 0E80
CZ104.027 - Mandatory: DBEZCUP3 can abend S0C1
CZ104.028 - Mandatory: DB905506 EZ-REORG AREA NOT IN SEGMENT produced in error
CZ104.029 - Optional:: 0302 in DBEZCUP3 with mixed page groups.
CZ104.030 - Optional: QO29364 causes format journal to start sequence no from 1, with CZ104.002, EZ-Reorg expects 2.
CZ104.101 - Optional: CUP2 abends too late if error decompressing a record with PRESSPACK.
CZ104.118 - Mandatory: SOC1 in DBEZCUP2 when processing varaible length SR3's.
CZ104.121 - Mandatory: Under rare conditions DBEZVXT4 can abend S0C4.
CZ104.123 - Optional: Increase internal storage for single DML.
CZ104.127 - Optional: Remove zero Recid from DBK2 file. CZ104.128 is a co-req.
CZ104.128 - Optional: Remove zero Recid from DBK2 file. This file is in binary format.
CZ104.131 - Mandatory: S0C1 in DBEZCUP2

CZ907.T01 - Tech Note: Restructure followed by DBReorg
CZ907.T06 - Tech Note: DB-Reorg and DBEZSR23
CZ602.T17 - Tech Note: BCF Reload SYS005 DBEZJOB3
CZ602.T19 - Tech Note: Optimising Sorts
CZ703.T01 - Tech Note: Running Unload/Reload Twice
CZ703.T02 - Tech Note: VIA OM Set 1206 Abends
CZ710.T07 - Tech Note: PROCESS=INDEX/REORG/RSTU
CZ801.T01 - Tech Note: Re Use of Database Procedures
CZ104.T01 - Tech Note: Re DFSPARM running SORT - Possible S0C1 in DBEZCUP2 or a DB905537 from DBEZCUP3
CZ104.T04 - Tech Note: Errors in LRECLs in the member INSTDBEZ

DB-Synchro
CS104.001 - Mandatory - DB-Synchro Shutdown S0D6 Abend
CS104.020 - Mandatory - 3002 abends or program checks in IDMSDBIO with EZ-Share and MP mode on.
CS104.132 - Optional: SA03 in Local Mode Job with no FINISH. CS104.133 is a co-req.
CS104.133 - Optional: SA03 in Local Mode Job with no FINISH. This file is in binary format.
CS104.135 - Optional - Exxx abend in CV when SVC has been generated with CVKEY parm.
CS104.136 - Optional: S0C4 in Local Mode jobs, when using a different CVKEY. CS104.137 & 138 are coreqs.
CZ104.137 - Optional: S0C4 in Local Mode jobs, when using a different CVKEY. This file is in binary format.
CZ104.138 - Optional: S0C4 in Local Mode jobs, when using a different CVKEY. This file is in binary format.
CS104.143 - Mandatory - S0C4 in CODBIOXM at offset 000636.

DB-Megabuf
CD104.008 - Mandatory - Possible IO errors with Megabuf after DMCL newcopy

DB-Peek

EZ-Bridge and EZ-Test
CE104.004 - Mandatory - Missing data with SQL Dates/Indexes
CE104.021 - Mandatory - CV may abend at startup in DB2KTIME or DB2KDBMS
CE104.022 - Mandatory - Task or CV abend, following a DB2K NEWCOPY. #GETTIME calls fail to age
CE104.025 - Mandatory - After applying CE104.022, the time returned may be corrupted.
CE104.031 - Optional - DB2K CICS task may return message 'EZTEST-2000 IS NOT ACTIVE', when it is.
CE104.034 - Optional - Program issuing a DELETE against an SQL table may receive an abend.
CE104.102 - Optional: DB2KLE37 fails to apply in z/OS 1.4.
CE104.103 - Optional - CICS TS 2.x EZTEST-2000 UNKNOWN CALL TO DB2KCEXE.
CE104.120 - Mandatory - Using DB2K SET can cause CV to recursively abend.
CE104.141 - Mandatory - DB2KCEXE CICS exit routine can set a corrupt RC

CE104.T05 - Tech Note: 'ACCEPT .. FROM DATE' fails to age under Enterprise COBOL

CE801.T02 - Tech Note: EZ-Test YYMM=ONLY
CE801.T08 - Tech Note: SVC Hook Installed/not Installed
CE801.T09 - Tech Note: Report Retention - Missing Reports
CE801.T12 - Tech Note: EZ-Test DB2KBRG WINDOWING
CE801.T13 - Tech Note: EZ-Test NATIVE SQL VIRTUAL DATA AGING
CE801.T15 - Tech Note: EZ-Test Business Day Aging