CA Scheduler abends with S878 - ABND=878,RC=00000000,RSN=00000010

Products

• Scheduler Job Management

Issue/Introduction

CA Scheduler may  experience an S878 abend in the address spaces when JOBS are submitted to the JES2 internal reader (INTRDR).   The problem occurs with CA Top Secret 16.0 after IBM APARs OA53954 / OA55315 / OA53955 are applied.

Environment

Release : 11.0

Component : CA SCHEDULER MVS

Cause

The problem will most to likely manifest itself in the CA Scheduler address space during submission of  many JOBS to the JES2 INTRDR.  All available storage below the line in subpool 229 is exhausted and task failures occur.   

Resolution

Apply the following fixes for CA Top Secret 16.0.

SO06140

SO05724   -  IPL is required

SO04627

Refer to PIB SI05181 -  Title: PEA: S878 ABENDS AFTER IBM APARS OA53954/OA53955 APPLIED  for further explanation.