Updated LPAR_Comment fields caused "IBM validation failed" error message
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Updated LPAR_Comment fields caused "IBM validation failed" error message

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Article ID: 262508

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Products

COMMON SERVICES FOR Z/OS

Issue/Introduction

The optional "LPAR_Comment" fields were updated in the CAISCRT JCL. 
  
The CAISCRT Job finished correctly without error messages but when the ISV SCRT Report was uploaded to the SCRT Report Management site scrt.broadcom.com got the following error message. 
  
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IBM validation failed. See the Frequently Asked Questions in the online help.
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Environment

Release : 15.0

Resolution

The problem was how the "LPAR_Comment" fields were updated in the PARMS DD.

There is a specific way that IBM requires multi-line comments be updated, and if it is not correct then it will cause validation to fail.
 
Each comment line must be enclosed in double quotes, with a comma at the end  of the line (outside the quotes) if more will follow on the next line:

LPAR_Comment CPC=tttt-sssss,LPAR=nnnnnnnn,Comment="ccc...ccc",
"ccc...ccc",
"ccc...ccc"