Abend ESV1 in IDMSINTC on CICS startup after upgrade

Products

• IDMS
• IDMS - Database

Issue/Introduction

After assembling CICSOPTS and IDMSINTC in JOB03, these modules were added to the CUSTOM.loadlib. This loadlib was then added to the CICS region concatenation. When bringing up CICS, it failed with abend ESV1.

The ESV1 abend code is documented at ABNDESV1.

 

Environment

Release: All supported releases.
Component: VSAM Transparency.

Cause

Typically, this abend occurs when the IDMS VSAM Transparency is installed, but the program ESVSSBLD has not been executed to install the z/OS VSAMT subsystem.

Resolution

Details on the IDMS VSAM Transparency install are at IDMS VSAM Transparency Installation.

If IDMS VSAM Transparency is not installed or should not be installed, then ensure the Product Intent Module (RHDCPINT) does not contain the #DEFPINT macro for VSAM Transparency.

Do that by commenting out the entry:

* #DEFPINT VSAM/T CA IDMS VSAM TRANSPARENCY 

Reassemble and relink RHDCPINT and also CICSOPTS and IDMSINTC. Change the CICSOPTS source to ESCVSAM=NO. 
Reassemble and link CICSOPTS and IDMSINTC. 
Recycle CICS.

Also ensure that the CICS region has the correct steplib concatenation, i.e. DBA.LOADLIB, then CUSTOM.LOADLIB, then CAGJLOAD.