This topic outlines the process that you use to apply service to the message data sets built via the message editing utility. This is necessary to keep the message files created by the message editing utility in step with the PTF level for your CICS® system. It is important that the PTF update process is run whenever you update your CICS PTF level. Failure to do this can result in errors when your running CICS regions issue messages.
To apply PTF updates to your message files:
Message Editing Utility - Submit PTF update job ROW 1 TO 2 OF 2 Change the values below, press ENTER to save or F5 to Submit. SMP/E maintained SDFHMSRC. CICSTS31.CICS.SDFHMSRC___________________________ PTF update log . . . . . . your.PTFLOG_________________________________ Write log in upper case? . NO_ Yes/No The PTF updates will be applied to the following data sets. Data set Language userid.MEU.SDFHSRCA Alternative English userid.MEU.SDFHSRCM Macedonian ***************************** BOTTOM OF DATA ******************************** COMMAND ===> ________________________________________________ SCROLL ===>____ F1=Help F2=Split F3=End F5=Submit F7=Backward F8=Forward F9=Swap F12=Cancel
When the details have been completed and verified, press the Submit (F5) to instruct the message editing utility to build and submit a TSO CLIST to apply the PTF updates. This CLIST is intended for TSO Background execution only.
Immediately after pressing Submit (F5), the message editing utility terminates. The utility is prevented from restarting while the PTF update job is in progress. If the update process should fail for any reason, two data sets will be left over that will prevent the message editing utility from running. In this situation the following data sets can safely be deleted:
The submit PTF update job can now be restarted.
The PTF update job does the following processing:
Figure 55 shows a sample of the output for the message editing utility PTF update log.
DFHMEUU *** PTF update program started *** yy/mm/dd hh:mm:ss
DFHMEUU PTF COMPARISON STARTED
COMPARING PTF DFHMEACE - ENGLISH DFHMEACE
COMPARING PTF DFHMEAIE - ENGLISH DFHMEAIE
COMPARING PTF DFHMEAKE - ENGLISH DFHMEAKE
DFHMEUU PTF COMPARISON COMPLETED
DFHMEUU ---------------------------------------
DFHMEUU PTF UPDATE STARTED userid.MEU.SDFHMSRC
DFHMEUU DFHMEAPE UPDATED MESSAGE 0701 - OLD DETAILS FOLLOW
SPECIAL_INSERT APPLID 07300000
TEXT " AN ABEND (CODE " 07310000
INS#1 FORMAT CHAR PUBSCHAR "ABCODE" * 6-CHAR ABEND CODE 07320000
TEXT ") HAS OCCURRED IN EXIT PROGRAM " 07330000
INS#2 FORMAT CHAR PUBSCHAR "PROGNAME" * 8-CHAR EXIT PROGRAM NAME 07340000
TEXT " AT EXIT POINT "
INS#3 * 8-CHAR EXIT POINT NAME
TEXT "."
DFHMEUU DFHMEDEE ADDED MESSAGE 0118
DFHMEUU DFHMETDE ADDED MESSAGE 1280
DFHMEUU DFHMETOE DELETED MESSAGE 6024
DFHMEUU PTF UPDATE COMPLETED userid.MEU.SDFHMSRC
DFHMEUU ---------------------------------------
DFHMEUU PTF UPDATE STARTED userid.MEU.SDFHSRCA
DFHMEUU PTF UPDATE COMPLETED userid.MEU.SDFHSRCA
DFHMEUU *** PTF UPDATE PROGRAM COMPLETED *** yy/mm/dd hh:mm:ss