GIM23901E LINK-EDIT PROCESSING FAILED - MODULE HAS AN INVALID LENGTH FIELD

Products

• COMMON SERVICES FOR Z/OS

Issue/Introduction

Maintenance APPLY JOB yields the following error:

 

LU02348  CAS9F00  GIM23901E     44   LINK-EDIT PROCESSING FAILED FOR MODULE CAIMB838 IN LMOD CAIMB838 IN THE SMPLTS              
                                   LIBRARY. THE RETURN CODE WAS 12. THE SEQUENCE NUMBER WAS 000045.

 

z/OS V2 R4 BINDER     10:22:57 TUESDAY MARCH 22, 2022
 BATCH EMULATOR  JOB(APPLY   ) STEP(APPLY   ) PGM= IEWL
 IEW2278I B352 INVOCATION PARAMETERS - LET,LIST,SIZE=(2000K,12K),NCAL,RENT,NCAL
 IEW2322I 1220  1    INCLUDE SMPWRK3(CAIMB838)              LU02348      SEQ # 000045
MODULE HAS AN INVALID LENGTH FIELD.

Environment

Release : 15.0

Cause

Problem with the fix from the download process. It appears to be corrupted.

Resolution

1. Download the PTF again being sure to treat as binary
2. SMP/E REJECT the PTF (will remove from GLOBAL zone and SMPPTS data set)
3. SMP/E RECEIVE the PTF (will add back to GLOBAL zone and SMPPTS data set)
4. APPLY the PTF (a REDO should not be necessary but specification with do no harm)