Recursive SEC6 abends with XCOM

Products

• XCOM Data Transport
• XCOM Data Transport - Windows
• XCOM Data Transport - z/OS

Issue/Introduction

Recursive SEC6 abends with reason code XXXXC008 can occur when the user reaches the maximum number of processes specified in the MAXPROCUSER parameter.

A SEC6 abend will be displayed in the XCOMLOG.                           
                                                                        
    XCOMM0053E #SUBTASK ABEND SEC6  REASON 0F01C008 IN MODULE(BPXINLPA),
                OFFSET(+0002486A)                                       
    XCOMM0054I   PSW at entry to ABEND: 078D1000 8417F86C               
    XCOMM0054I   Data near PSW: C05018F8 0A0D5880 C0385810              
    XCOMM0054I   Abending Instr ---------*                              
    XCOMM0054I   Registers at entry to ABEND:                           
    XCOMM0054I     0-3:  00000648 84EC6000 0000009C 0B250012            
    XCOMM0054I     4-7:  9732244A 00FDA338 01AD2818 1732244A            
    XCOMM0054I     8-B:  0F01C008 00FF8B78 0102BE78 00000001            
    XCOMM0054I     C-F:  0417FB30 17366370 00000311 0F01C008      

 

The Unix Return Code in Register 2 will be hex '9C' and the Unix Reason code in Register 3 will be XXXX0012.

The server will have recursive SEC6 abends and various other abends such as U4093, U4036, and S0C1.

Environment

Release:
Component: XCMVS

Cause

This happens when the user reaches the maximum number of processes specified in the MAXPROCUSER parameter.

Resolution

Increase the MAXPROCUSER parameter in the BPXPRMxx parmlib member and IPL or use the SETOMVS command to increase the MAXPROCUSER.