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Product Fixes

BIM-EPIC



Fixes for Each Release Sorted by Issue Date (Oldest to Newest):

Fix

Issue
Date

Symptom

EP73B001 12/02/10 Create new ptf file
EP73B002 12/02/10 Error message EPM10 displays as EPMEPM10 in error
EP73B003 12/15/10 User contributed REXX routine using TSIDAC2 to read and display all volumes associated with a specific dataset name in the BIM-EPIC catalog
EP73B004 01/24/11 Sort the EJECT records for ACL controlled volumes
EP73B005 02/11/11 The table for catalog addresses is too small and can create different type of cancellations, I/O error, data exeption, etc
EP73B006 04/26/11 Bypass bulk processing calls for VTAPE volumes
EP73B007 04/26/11 Do not issue EP066 if uncontrolled disk file and EPS110=YES
EP73B008 04/26/11 Record size 4 bytes more than it should be for variable files
EP73B009 05/20/11 OFFLOADED disk files could create Invalid SVC 6B after EP72B057
EP73B010 05/27/11 Checking of device busy during ACL AVR creates MOUNT message because after ATTACH it takes too long for the IBM AVR routines.
EP73B011 05/27/11 Increase the TLBL version number to 4 digits from 3
EP73B012 06/17/11 If using UNIT=EEFM with 3592 Encrypted tapes it gets MOUNT message instead of finding available drive
EP73B013 06/17/11 Fix Segment Translation Exception opening a VSAM ACB on z/VSE 4.3 systems
EP73B014 06/17/11 Increase the max number of tape volumes to 200 from 100 for the OFFLOAD system
EP73B015 07/15/11 PTF EP73B012 had an error that caused the Privilege Operation Exception
EP73B016 07/29/11 EP73B013 in error will not release getvis when using subtask
EP73B017 09/22/11 Use TSIDTASK to pass updates to VTA serverand do not do read after the LOAD/DISPLAY command, have to set EPS114=YES to activate.
EP73B018 09/22/11 Bypass reblocking for DTFPH and use DBLSERNO instead of DSFSERNO for GETVCE for Start Track1 files
EP73B019 12/02/11 PTF EP73B007 had a hard branch instead of a branch equal and that created the 4459D error when the invalid pool name was replied to the EP066 message.
EP73B020 12/02/11 z/VSE 5.1 version changes
EP73B021 12/09/11 PTF EP73B014 was incompleted
EP73B022 12/09/11 EP73B019 was incompleted
EP73B023 01/06/12 Protection Exception in $ACLSRV while checking for pool name
EP73B024 05/11/12 EPT590W VTA ACL SCRTCH ERROR RC=40 with Universal Software VTA after applying PTF EP73B017
EP73B025 07/06/12 EP088 DISMOUNT CARTRIDGE message issued for scratch tapes when using VTS Fast Ready support. With this patch, the special option EPS014=NO must be set or defaulted to.
EP73B026 10/05/12 Add 'EXP' parameter to the RETAIN command to change the expiration date of a version by the expiration date + the number of days expecified in the EXP parameter, also change the TSIO0120 panel to have a 'Days + EXP' in order to use this new parameter.
EP73B027 10/17/12 0S17I EXECUTION MODE VIOLATION - SVC CODE HEX 70 issued on pre-ESA 3.0 systems after EP079 message or when using ACL support but the drives or the dataset has the wrong mode setting,
EP73B028 10/19/12 Add a new genenric way to DELETE files by ignoring any part of file name where a / is use in the control cards
EP73B029 10/26/12 PTF EP73B028 checking 1 byte less than needed deletes incorrect file
EP73B030 10/26/12 File override cards not honored unless it is undefined file
EP73B031 11/21/12 TPAMODE not working as documented, changed it to work as documented.
EP73B032 11/30/12 TSIDINIT issues EP174 if cuu is DVCDN in error.
EP73B033 01/04/13 TSIDOFC COPY give EP618 in error because table is too small
EP73B034 01/18/13 TSIDEXE did not account for a program entry address to be different than the load address
EP73B035 02/22/13 Change the max number of files to copy to 100,000
EP73B036 03/15/13 GDIUR using big TLBL name get EP011 in error
EP73B037 03/15/13 Implement EPS115 to bypass catalog updates on ACL systems if TSIDTASK not running on that system
EP73B038 04/05/13 Do not update ACLNAME in $ACLSRV if ACL is LEVELED
EP73B039 04/05/13 EP73B037 in error, new phases require
EP73B040 04/12/13 Using DD DUMMY is SYSnnn assigned to ignore already it will assign it to UA in error
EP73B041 04/17/13 EP73B038 had the TSIDSRV phase from BIM-EPIC 7.2B instead of the 7.3B phase so when activating user gets EP494
EP73B042 04/18/13 EP73B038 did not account for input files, for input it needs to update the ACLNAME
EP73B043 05/15/13 BLKZISE=MAX with COBOL/VSE for TAPE gets CEE3756S error, the reason is that LE can not handle a blksize greater than 65534 and MAX uses 65535 normally, change TSIDELE to use 65534 instead.
EP73B044 08/16/13 If releasing ownership at EOJ for a VTAPE and a regular tape I/O error happens because CCW area ovelayed with VTAPE STOP STOP command.
EP73B045 08/30/13 Invalid SVC on SVC 111 if VM=YES and drives left owned at EOJ
EP73B046 10/08/13 If a leveled ACL is OFFLINE and it is first in the TSIDPOL tape pool for that set of leveled ACL's a mount is issued instead of automatically mounting the volume needed
EP73B047 10/08/13 0S17I Execution Mode Violation scratching disk at EOJ
EP73B048 11/27/13 Add a check for an OFFLINE ACL to bypass it before trying a SYNC
EP73B049 12/19/13 CVF shows VTOC errors because output area not cleared between puts.
EP73B050 01/16/14 TSIDJOB could leave the partition in 31bit in error
EP73B051 01/16/14 $PARSE did not address TSIDSVA correctly causing EPTRACE to show up when trace was not turned on
EP73B052 03/27/15 The year 3000 displays as 2000 in error
EP74B001 01/25/13 Create new PTF file for BIM-EPIC 7.4B
EP74B002 02/22/13 Change the number of COPY files to 100,000
EP74B003 03/15/13 GDIUR using BIG TLBL name get EP011 in error
EP74B004 03/15/13 Implement EPS114 to bypass catalog updates on ACL systems if TSIDTASK not running on that system
EP74B005 03/15/13 PTF EP74B004 was using EPS114 instead of EPS115 check in TSIDTCHK, EPS114 was already used for VTA support
EP74B006 04/05/13 Do not update ACLNAME in $ACLSRV if ACL is LEVELED
EP74B007 04/05/13 EP74B004 in error, new phases require
EP74B008 04/12/13 Using DD DUMMY is SYSnnn assigned to ignore already it will assign it to UA in error
EP74B009 04/15/13 EP494 error after applying EP74B006 due to incorrectly linked TSIDSRV phase.
EP74B010 04/18/13 EP74B006 did not account for input files, for input it needs to update the ACLNAME
EP74B011 05/15/13 BLKZISE=MAX with COBOL/VSE for TAPE gets CEE3756S error, the reason is that LE can not handle a blksize greater than 65534 and MAX uses 65535 normally, change TSIDELE to use 65534 instead.
EP74B012 06/21/13 Implement EPS114 for TSIDVTAA to avoid READ after MOUNT
EP74B013 08/16/13 If releasing ownership at EOJ for a VTAPE and a regular tape I/O error happens because CCW area ovelayed with VTAPE STOP STOP command.
EP74B014 08/30/13 Invalid SVC on SVC 111 if VM=YES and drives left owned at EOJ
EP74B015 10/08/13 If a leveled ACL is OFFLINE and it is first in the TSIDPOL tape pool for that set of leveled ACL's a mount is issued instead of automatically mounting the volume needed
EP74B016 10/08/13 0S17I Execution Mode Violation scratching disk at EOJ
EP74B017 11/27/13 Add a check for an OFFLINE ACL to bypass it before trying a SYNC
EP74B018 12/19/13 TSIDCVF shows VTOC errors because output area not creared between puts
EP74B019 01/16/14 TSIDJOB could leave the partition in 31bit in error
EP74B020 01/16/14 $PARSE did not address TSIDSVA correctly causing EPTRACE to show up when trace was not turned on
EP74B021 06/05/14 Different errors if using NSU files with ACL devices.
EP74B022 06/05/14 Do not rewrite VOL1/HDR1 if using UNCONTROLLED OUTPUT tape
EP74B023 06/05/14 Getting a DATA EXCEPTION cancellation when doing REPT function because number of BLOCKS field is too small
EP74B024 06/05/14 Add support for UPSI xxxxx1 to write EP165 messages to SYSLST instead of SYSLOG
EP74B025 08/01/14 Allow revolving datasets to work on ACL devices
EP74B026 09/05/14 $ACLSRV cancels at location 0 because R2 not preloaded with address of ACLSERV table
EP74B027 09/05/14 PTF EP74B026 was not complete, missing one instruction
EP74B028 09/12/14 DATA EXCEPTION doing a REPT PCT= report
EP74B029 10/03/14 PTF EP74B028 incomplete
EP74B030 10/31/14 An ACL SYNC command is issued to TSIDTASK at the end of SCRATCH function if SYNCIBM is set.
EP74B031 03/13/15 PTF EP74B003 was in error and if using concatenation and GDIUR it droped the first DD card label.
EP74B032 03/27/15 Year 3000 displays as 2000 in error
EP74B033 04/02/15 TSIDDIS displys only two digits for version and reel
EP74B034 05/22/15 The reports show BIM-EPIC 7.3 instead of 7.4 for TSIDUTL
EP74B035 08/21/15 If TSIDTASK is not running in an ACL environment ACLSRV will keep getting system getvis for the ROLL QUEUE and never release it
EP74B036 11/13/15 Year 9999 displays as 8099 in error
EP74B037 03/04/16 PTF EP74B018 incomplete
EP74B038 04/08/16 MNT TRANSFER can create generation greater than 32767
EP74B039 05/20/16 PTF EP73B014 was incompleted and customer was still getting EP659 in error, new Faver2 phases needed to be included
EP74B040 07/22/16 The IP addres can not have any leading zeros or it is treated as OCTAL
EP74B041 11/13/18 After EP74B015 ACLs will not MOUNT tapes
EP74B042 02/27/19 This PTF adds native support for the OPTICA zVT ACL
EP74B043 04/11/19 PTF EP74B042 incomplete, if OPTICA zVT is only ACL defined it did not get initalized
EP751001 09/28/20 Initial PTF tape creation for EPIC 7.51. release
EP751002 10/27/20 TSIDTCHK.PHASE missing from installation TAPE.

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