DFHSR0606 80A AKEX SP229 K8 when using CA Top Secret

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Question

Why did my CICS Transaction Server for z/OS (CICS TS) region terminate end of memory? I see the following message on the console:

DFHSR0606 Abend (code 80A/AKEX) has been detected.

I am using CA Top Secret from CA Technologies.

Answer

Using IPCS command VERBX VSMDATA 'NOG SUMM' to review the CICS SR0606 dump with a focus on the MVS storage allocation below the line, I noticed a pattern of storage in Subpool 229 Key 8 that totaled close to 1M in size.

The pattern was a DQE size of x'1000' with a free area of x'7C8'. The size of the getmain was x'838' bytes.

Entering option 1 from the IPCS primary option menu to browse these areas, they all looked the same, like boot strap code and a register save area. The boot strap code takes you to a routine that has the following eye-catcher:

  |x4.......#MID......y....TSSJJINT|  
  | CAKOG00  ~RMID(SO00816)~ 201803|  
  |05 12.08 .......CA TOP SECRET   |  
  |         R16.0   - COPYRIGHT (C)|  
  | 1981-2015 CA.   ALL RIGHTS RESE|  
  |RVED.           ..0..{0..*......|

CA Technologies was contacted. They said below two fixes will take care of this abend80A abendAKEX.

OA53955 - IBM z/OS R230 APAR
SO04024 - CA fix

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Product Synonym

CICS/TS CICSTS CICS TS CICS Transaction Server

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Modified date:
17 October 2018

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