ASRA for program check 0C6 in AESFCICS + X'2A' when using CA Spool

Format the Kernel domain in a system dump of the abend 0C6 by entering the IPCS command VERBX DFHPDxxx 'KE=1' (where xxx is your release level of CICS like 700 for CICS TS 5.3). The KE Error Table entry for this program check has:

AB/UASRA RIDS/AESFCICS

Error Code: 0C6/AKEA

Error Type: PROGRAM CHECK

Branch Event Address: Module DFHAPLI + X'2E00'

CICS Error Instruction Address: 000BD02A Module AESFCICS + X'2A'

     Instruction Length: 2
     Interrupt Code: 0006

CICS Registers: R15: 800BD028 Module AESFCICS + X'28'

The PSW address for and abend S0C6 points at the instruction after the failing instruction. You can subtract the Instruction Length to find the failing instruction at AESFCICS + X'28'. Register 15 points at that failing instruction.

The Loader Domain (LD) shows that offset +x'28' is the Entry Point for module AESFCICS.

 Program  Entry             Load     CICS PTF
 Name     Point    CSECT    Point    Rel. Level
 AESFCICS 000BD028 DFHYA410 000BD000 410

Rather than a wild branch, CICS is turning control over to module AESFCICS exactly where is should. The problem is that module AESFCICS was not updated correctly during the upgrade of the CA-SPOOL product.

We found that a step was missed when installing the new release of the CA-SPOOL product using CA-CSM. Prior to applying the usermod for the CICS Interface (BQ4JCICS), you must run member CBQ4JCL(BQ4JIUCL). This will update SMP/E with information about the relationship between source and macros. A return code of 04 is acceptable when running this job. Once BQ4JIUCL was run, module AESFCICS' entry point then contained valid instructions.