IBM APARs related to COBOL 5.x and 6

Products

• Datacom
• DATACOM - AD
• CIS
• COMMON SERVICES FOR Z/OS
• 90S SERVICES
• DATABASE MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS FOR DB2 FOR Z/OS
• COMMON PRODUCT SERVICES COMPONENT
• Common Services
• CA ECOMETER SERVER COMPONENT FOC
• Easytrieve Report Generator for Common Services
• INFOCAI MAINTENANCE
• IPC
• UNICENTER JCLCHECK COMMON COMPONENT
• Mainframe VM Product Manager
• CHORUS SOFTWARE MANAGER
• CA ON DEMAND PORTAL
• CA Service Desk Manager - Unified Self Service
• PAM CLIENT FOR LINUX ON MAINFRAME
• MAINFRAME CONNECTOR FOR LINUX ON MAINFRAME
• GRAPHICAL MANAGEMENT INTERFACE
• WEB ADMINISTRATOR FOR TOP SECRET
• Xpertware

Issue/Introduction

When dealing with COBOL abends or issues, please be sure that you are at the top level on the IBM side. 

After upgrading your COBOL software or Datacom software be sure to have the latest APARs related to COBOL. 

Environment

z/os 1.13 or higher

Resolution

1. On the IBM side you may check:

This document contains a complete listing of releases, refreshes and fix packs (also known as PTFs) sorted by version for IBM Enterprise COBOL 5.x/6.1 for z/OS. We recommend installing the latest PTFs as they are cumulative (ie they contain all the APAR fixes made available for the product since it first shipped).

IBM Support / Enterprise COBOL for z/OS documentation library