Getting OPSINFO System abend code 0C3 in CA OPS/MVS Event Management and Automation

Products

• OPS/MVS Event Management & Automation

Issue/Introduction

The OPSINFO built-in function returns information about CA OPS/MVS or about the environment where the issuing OPS/REXX program is running, or both.
It is possible to use the OPSINFO function in OPS/REXX or AOF rules. 

It can happen that, executing an OPSINFO external function, the following Abend occurs : 
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IDI0123S Processing of abend S0C3 terminated due to unsupported execution environment: SUB=MSTR
IEF196I IDI0123S Processing of abend S0C3 terminated due to unsupported
IEF196I execution environment: SUB=MSTR address space
IEA995I SYMPTOM DUMP OUTPUT 
SYSTEM COMPLETION CODE=0C3  REASON CODE=00000003
  TIME=23.17.03  SEQ=48902  CPU=0000  ASID=024C
  PSW AT TIME OF ERROR  078D1000   B25C5A12  ILC 4  INTC 03
    ACTIVE LOAD MODULE           ADDRESS=325C59A8  OFFSET=0000006A
    NAME=OPSINFO
    DATA AT PSW  325C5A0C - 00044410  C06650B0  D00850D0
    AR/GR 0: 008C2380/32342C90   1: 00000000/323D14B8
          2: 00000000/00000000   3: 00000000/325C1EFC
          4: 00000000/323D1190   5: 00000000/0A0CA207
          6: 00000000/00000000   7: 00000000/00000003
          8: 00000000/8A0C1868   9: 00000000/325C1237
          A: 00000000/325C1C78   B: 00000000/0A0C8DF8
          C: 00000000/B25C59A8   D: 00000000/323D1190
          E: 00000000/8A0CA0EA   F: 00000000/B25C59A8
  END OF SYMPTOM DUMP

Is it possible to identify the cause of this abend and how to bypass it? 

Environment

CA OPSMVS and Z/OS 

Resolution

In general the Abend S0C3 in OPSINFO with OFFSET=0000006A is caused by the fact that OPSINFO is a OPS/REXX function call, which means that the REXX containing the OPSINFO built-in function should be executed with the OI command processor.

If the REXX is not invoked with OI this results in the S0C3 abend in OPSINFO at OFFSET 0000006A. 

If this suggestion doesn't solve the Abend, Please open a case to Technical Support.