An abnormal end (abend) or program check has occurred in module modname. This implies that there may be an error in the CICS code. Alternatively, unexpected data has been input, or storage has been overwritten.
The code aaa/bbbb is a 3-digit hexadecimal MVS code (if applicable), followed by a 4-digit alphanumeric CICS code. The MVS code is a system completion code (for example, 0C1 or D37). If an MVS code is not applicable, this field is filled with three hyphens. The CICS code is an abend code or a number referring to a CICS message (for example, AKEA is a CICS abend code; 1310 refers to message DFHTS1310).
An exception entry is made in the trace table. A system dump is taken, unless you have specifically suppressed dumps in the dump table.
CICS continues unless you have specified in the dump table that CICS should terminate. If appropriate, an error return code is sent to the caller of this domain. In this case CICS could be terminated by the caller ( for example, the domain manager, DFHDMDM). A message is issued to this effect.
Message DFHME0116 is normally produced containing the symptom string for this problem.
Notify the system programmer. If CICS is still running, it is necessary to decide whether to terminate CICS.
Look up the MVS code, if there is one, in the relevant MVS codes manual which is detailed in the book list in the front of this manual.
Next, look up the description of the CICS alphanumeric code. This tells you, for example, whether the error was a program check, an abend, or a runaway, and may give you some guidance concerning user response.
If module modname is not crucial to the running of your CICS system, you may decide to continue to run and bring CICS down at a convenient time to resolve the problem.
If you cannot run without the full use of module modname you should bring CICS down in a controlled shutdown.
You need further assistance from IBM to resolve this problem. See CICS® Problem Determination Guide for guidance on how to proceed.
Console
DFHSNUS, DFHSNAS, DFHSNPU, DFHSNSU, DFHSNTU, DFHSNXR,
XMEOUT Parameters: applid, aaa/bbbb, X'offset', modname
CICS has detected a severe error while running module progname. This error is associated with exception trace point ID code. For further information about CICS exception trace entries, refer to the CICS Problem Determination Guide.
The task issuing the signon abends.
Message DFHME0116 is normally produced containing the symptom string for this problem.
You need further assistance from IBM to resolve this problem. See CICS Problem Determination Guide for guidance on how to proceed.
Console
DFHSNUS, DFHSNAS, DFHSNPU, DFHSNSU, DFHSNTU, DFHSNXR
XMEOUT Parameters: applid, X'code',progname
A CICS function is taking more time to process than CICS expects. A possible loop has been detected in module modname at offset X'offset'. This is the offset of the instruction which was executing at the time the error was detected.
An exception entry is made in the trace table. A system dump is taken, unless you have specifically suppressed dumps in the dump table.
CICS continues unless you have specified in the dump table that CICS should terminate. If appropriate, an error return code is sent to the caller of this domain. In this case CICS could be terminated by the caller ( for example, the domain manager, DFHDMDM). A message is issued to this effect.
Message DFHME0116 is normally produced containing the symptom string for this problem.
Notify the system programmer. If CICS has not been terminated, it is necessary to decide whether the problem is serious enough to bring CICS down.
Since some CICS functions can use a lot of processor time, this message may have been caused by a long-running function. So there may not be an error here. Usually, CICS purges a CICS function which exceeds the runaway task time interval which you have specified in the SIT (this is the ICVR which is measured in milliseconds). This means that module modname in the message is terminated and CICS continues.
But if you have declared ICVR=0 in the SIT and you consider that module modname has gone into a loop, you have to terminate CICS in order to terminate the runaway function.
If CICS has terminated module modname, and you consider that it was not a runaway, you should increase the ICVR time interval in the SIT. You have to bring CICS down at a suitable time to do this permanently. But you can change the ICVR time interval temporarily online, using the CEMT transaction.
If raising the ICVR time does not solve the problem, you will need further assistance from IBM to resolve this problem. See CICS Problem Determination Guide for guidance on how to proceed.
Console
DFHSNUS, DFHSNAS, DFHSNPU, DFHSNSU, DFHSNTU, DFHSNXR
XMEOUT Parameters: applid, X'offset', modname
Terminal portname has been signed on. It now has the security attributes for userid userid in group groupid.
Processing continues.
The user at terminal portname can now use those CICS transactions permitted for this userid in group groupid.
CSCS
DFHSNTU
XMEOUT Parameters: date, time,applid, {1=netname , 2=console , 3=terminal }, portname, userid,groupid
A signon has been issued from terminal portname which specified a userid userid that is not known to the ESM.
The signon request is rejected.
Unless this implies a breach of security that needs investigating, contact your security administrator so that the userid can be made known to the ESM.
CSCS
DFHSNTU
XMEOUT Parameters: date, time,applid, {1=netname , 2=console , 3=terminal }, portname, userid
A signon has been issued from terminal portname which specified an incorrect password.
This was probably caused by a misspelling of the password or because the password is not valid for this userid.
The signon request is rejected.
None, unless this implies a breach of security that needs investigating.
CSCS
DFHSNTU
XMEOUT Parameters: date, time,applid, {1=netname , 2=console , 3=terminal }, portname, userid
A signon has been issued from terminal portname which used an unauthorized or damaged operator identification (OID) card.
The signon request is rejected.
None, unless this implies a breach of security that needs investigating.
CSCS
DFHSNTU
XMEOUT Parameters: date, time,applid, {1=netname , 2=console , 3=terminal }, portname, userid
A signon has been issued from terminal portname which attempted to change the password to a value that the external security manager (ESM) does not allow.
The signon request is rejected.
None, unless this implies a breach of security that needs investigating.
CSCS
DFHSNTU
XMEOUT Parameters: date, time,applid, {1=netname , 2=console , 3=terminal }, portname, userid
A signon has been issued from terminal portname which did not specify a password. The signon has been rejected because user userid requires a password.
The signon request is rejected.
None, unless this implies a breach of security that needs investigating.
CSCS
DFHSNTU
XMEOUT Parameters: date, time,applid, {1=netname , 2=console , 3=terminal }, portname, userid
A signon has been issued from terminal portname for which the external security manager (ESM) indicates the password has expired.
This does not imply a security breach. It is a normal response indicating that the ESM password has expired.
The signon request is rejected.
None.
CSCS
DFHSNTU
XMEOUT Parameters: date, time,applid, {1=netname , 2=console , 3=terminal }, portname, userid
A signon has been issued from terminal portname which did not use an operator identification (OID) card when the external security manager (ESM) indicates that one should have been used.
The signon request is rejected.
None, unless this implies a breach of security which needs investigating.
CSCS
DFHSNTU
XMEOUT Parameters: date, time,applid, {1=netname , 2=console , 3=terminal }, portname, userid
A signon has been issued from terminal portname and has been rejected by the external security manager (ESM).
The signon request is rejected.
The response and reason codes (safresp and safreas) returned by the system authorization facility (SAF), and the response and reason codes (esmresp and esmreas) returned by the external security manager (ESM) are those issued by the RACROUTE REQUEST=VERIFY or RACROUTE REQUEST=EXTRACT macros. These return codes are described in the OS/390 MVS Programming: Authorized Assembler Services Guide and in External Security Interface (RACROUTE) Macro Reference for MVS and VM (SC28-1366). See these manuals for an explanation of the codes.
CSCS
DFHSNTU
XMEOUT Parameters: date, time,applid, {1=netname , 2=console , 3=terminal }, portname, userid,X'safresp', X'safreas', X'esmresp',X'esmreas'
A signon has been issued from terminal portname. This terminal has been defined to CICS with fixed security attributes. It does NOT support signon.
The signon request is rejected.
None, unless this implies a breach of security that needs investigating.
CSCS
DFHSNTU
XMEOUT Parameters: date, time,applid, {1=netname , 2=console , 3=terminal }, portname, userid
A signon has been issued from terminal portname while a previous signon was still in effect for this terminal.
The signon request is rejected.
None, unless this implies a breach of security which needs investigating.
CSCS
DFHSNTU
XMEOUT Parameters: date, time,applid, {1=netname , 2=console , 3=terminal }, portname, userid
A signon has been issued by user userid from a task that had been started without a terminal.
The signon request is rejected.
Investigate why a signon has been issued from a task that is not associated with a terminal.
CSCS
DFHSNTU
XMEOUT Parameters: date, time,applid, userid
CICS does not support the signing-on of surrogate terminals, except when done during a CRTE routing session.
Processing continues.
Investigate how and why users are attempting to use signon via transaction routing.
CSCS
DFHSNTU
XMEOUT Parameters: date, time,applid, {1=netname , 2=console , 3=terminal }, portname, userid
The national language specified has been recognized as a valid IBM national language. However, either this language cannot be specified as a valid national language for CICS initialization, or CICS has not been initialized with this language in the current run of CICS.
See the CICS Application Programming Reference for a list of national languages that CICS can be initialized to use.
Signon fails.
Retry signon with a national language that CICS has been initialized to use.
CSCS
DFHSNTU
XMEOUT Parameters: date, time,applid, {1=netname , 2=console , 3=terminal }, portname, userid
Signon failed because the language specified was not recognized as an IBM national language.
Signon fails.
Retry signon with a correct language value.
CSCS
DFHSNTU
XMEOUT Parameters: date, time,applid, {1=netname , 2=console , 3=terminal }, portname, userid
A signon has been issued from terminal portname which has failed. The user is not authorized to use the terminal.
The signon request is rejected.
Contact your security administrator, who should check if the user should be authorized to use terminal portname.
In particular, check if the user should be able to access the system on this particular day and time and whether the terminal may be used on this day and time.
CSCS
DFHSNTU
XMEOUT Parameters: date, time,applid, {1=netname , 2=console , 3=terminal }, portname, userid
A signon has been issued from terminal portname which has failed. The user is not authorized to use the application applname.
The signon request is rejected.
Contact your security administrator, who should check whether the user should have authorization to use application applid.
CSCS
DFHSNTU
XMEOUT Parameters: date, time,applid, {1=netname , 2=console , 3=terminal }, portname, userid,applname
Either the userid, or the user’s access to the ESM group containing it, has been revoked by the ESM. This is usually the result of repeated attempts to signon with an invalid password.
The signon request is rejected.
For revoked userids, contact your security administrator who can reauthorize the revoked userid by issuing the ALTUSER RESUME function. For revoked group access, contact your security administrator who can restore the user’s access to the group by issuing the CONNECT RESUME function.
CSCS
DFHSNTU
XMEOUT Parameters: date, time,applid, {1=netname , 2=console , 3=terminal }, portname, userid,{1=userid, 2=group access}
A signon has been issued from terminal portname while the user is already signed on under the restrictions imposed by the current setting of the SNSCOPE system initialization parameter.
The signon request is rejected.
Investigate why users are attempting to signon twice within the current signon scope.
See the CICS System Definition Guide for more information about the SNSCOPE parameter.
CSCS
DFHSNTU
XMEOUT Parameters: date, time,applid, {1=netname , 2=console , 3=terminal }, portname, userid
A signon has been issued from terminal portname which has failed. Either the userid is not in the specified group, or the group specified for this user to be associated with after signon is not known to the ESM.
The signon request is rejected.
Check that the groupid specified is correct. If it is, contact your security administrator to ensure that this group is defined properly, and that the user is connected to this group.
CSCS
DFHSNTU
XMEOUT Parameters: date, time,applid, {1=netname , 2=console , 3=terminal }, portname, userid
A signon has been issued from terminal portname which has failed. This is because this CICS region is running without security active.
The signon request is rejected.
None.
CSCS
DFHSNTU
XMEOUT Parameters: date, time,applid, {1=netname , 2=console , 3=terminal }, portname, userid
A signon has been issued from terminal termid which is a session. The security attributes of a session can only be changed on receipt of a valid FMH-5 attach header.
The signon request is rejected.
Investigate how and why users are attempting to use signon for a session.
CSCS
DFHSNTU
XMEOUT Parameters: date, time,applid, termid, userid
A signon has been issued from terminal portname. The SNSCOPE initialization parameter disallows signon to more than one terminal at a time. An internal failure during SNSCOPE checking means that CICS is unable to confirm if the user is already signed on elsewhere. The failure has occurred because the limit of concurrent MVS ENQ requests has been reached.
The signon request is rejected. Message DFHUS0120 will have been written to the console. See the explanation of this message for further information.
Please report this problem to your CICS systems programmer.
See the CICS System Definition Guide for more information about the SNSCOPE parameter.
CSCS
DFHSNTU
XMEOUT Parameters: date, time,applid, {1=netname , 2=console , 3=terminal }, portname, userid
A TCAM pool of terminals has been signed on by user userid. All terminals in this TCAM pool now have the security attributes for user userid in group groupid.
Processing continues.
The user at any of these TCAM terminals can now use those CICS transactions permitted for this userid in group groupid.
CSCS
DFHSNTU
XMEOUT Parameters: date, time,applid, userid, groupid
Terminal portname has been signed off. It now has the default security attributes.
nn indicates the number of errors which have occurred.
Processing continues.
None.
CSCS
DFHSNTU
XMEOUT Parameters: date, time,applid, {1=netname , 2=console , 3=terminal }, portname, userid,tt, nn
A signoff has been issued from terminal termid which is a session. The security attributes of a session can only be changed on receipt of a valid FMH-5 attach header.
The signoff request is rejected.
Investigate how and why users are attempting to use signoff for a session.
CSCS
DFHSNTU
XMEOUT Parameters: date, time,applid, termid
A signoff has been issued from terminal portname which has been defined to CICS with fixed security attributes and so does not support signoff.
The signoff request is rejected.
None, unless this implies a breach of security which needs investigating.
CSCS
DFHSNTU
XMEOUT Parameters: date, time,applid, {1=netname , 2=console , 3=terminal }, portname
A signoff has been issued from terminal portname while no previous signon was in effect.
The signoff request is rejected.
None, unless this implies a breach of security which needs investigating.
CSCS
DFHSNTU
XMEOUT Parameters: date, time,applid, {1=netname , 2=console , 3=terminal }, portname
A signoff has been issued from a task that had been started without a terminal.
The signoff request is rejected.
Investigate why a signoff has been issued from a task that is not associated with a terminal.
CSCS
DFHSNTU
XMEOUT Parameters: date, time,applid, tranid
CICS does not support the signing off of surrogate terminals, except when done during a CRTE routing session.
Processing continues.
Investigate how and why users are attempting to use signoff via transaction routing.
CSCS
DFHSNTU
XMEOUT Parameters: date, time,applid, {1=netname , 2=console , 3=terminal }, portname
A TCAM pool of terminals has been signed off. All terminals in this TCAM pool now have default security attributes.
Processing continues.
None.
CSCS
DFHSNTU
XMEOUT Parameters: date, time,applid
Operator opid has been timed out on terminal netname while viewing BMS pages. CICS has attempted to reschedule the pages so that they are available when the operator signs on again, but the reschedule has failed.
The pages are available on temporary storage queue hexqueueid. This queue continues to exist until it is explicitly disposed of.
Processing continues.
If you still need to view this data, repeat the processing which created the BMS pages.
CSCS
DFHSNTU
XMEOUT Parameters: date, time,applid, opid, {1=netname ,2=console , 3=terminal }, portname, X'hexqueueid'
The two CICS systems are connected and the MRO/ISC session is given the security authority of user userid.
The MRO/ISC sessions are signed on.
None.
CSCS
DFHSNSU
XMEOUT Parameters: date, time,applid, session, userid
An MRO/ISC signon is attempted by user userid but the signon has failed for the reason given.
The session is not signed on.
The response and reason codes (safresp and safreas) returned by the system authorization facility (SAF), and the response and reason codes (esmresp and esmreas) returned by the external security manager (ESM) are those issued by the RACROUTE REQUEST=VERIFY or RACROUTE REQUEST=EXTRACT macros. These return codes are described in the OS/390 MVS Programming: Authorized Assembler Services Guide, and in External Security Interface (RACROUTE) Macro Reference for MVS and VM (SC28-1366). Consult the manuals to find the cause of the codes.
CSCS
DFHSNSU
XMEOUT Parameters: date, time,applid, session, userid, X'safresp', X'safreas', X'esmresp', X'esmreas'
The two CICS systems are connected and the MRO/ISC session is given the security authority of the default user.
The MRO/ISC sessions are signed on.
None.
CSCS
DFHSNSU
XMEOUT Parameters: date, time,applid, session
An MRO/ISC session is signed-off.
nn indicates the number of abends which have occurred.
The security authority is removed from the session.
None.
CSCS
DFHSNSU
XMEOUT Parameters: date, time,applid, session, tt, nn
An MRO/ISC signoff is attempted but the signoff has failed for the reason given.
Processing continues.
The response and reason codes (safresp and safreas) returned by the system authorization facility (SAF), and the response and reason codes (esmresp and esmreas) returned by the external security manager (ESM) are those issued by the RACROUTE REQUEST=VERIFY or RACROUTE REQUEST=EXTRACT macros. These return codes are described in the OS/390 MVS Programming: Authorized Assembler Services Guide, and in External Security Interface (RACROUTE) Macro Reference for MVS and VM (SC28-1366). Consult the manuals to find the cause of the codes.
CSCS
DFHSNSU
XMEOUT Parameters: date, time,applid, session, X'safresp', X'safreas', X'esmresp', X'esmreas'
User userid has failed the implicit signon for attach security.
The attach fails.
The response and reason codes (safresp and safreas) returned by the system authorization facility (SAF), and the response and reason codes (esmresp and esmreas) returned by the external security manager (ESM) are those issued by the RACROUTE REQUEST=VERIFY or RACROUTE REQUEST=EXTRACT macros. These return codes are described in the OS/390 MVS Programming: Authorized Assembler Services Guide, and in External Security Interface (RACROUTE) Macro Reference for MVS and VM (SC28-1366). Consult the manuals to find the cause of the codes.
CSCS
DFHSNUS
XMEOUT Parameters: date, time,applid, termid, userid, X'safresp', X'safreas', X'esmresp', X'esmreas'
The implicit signon for local user security has failed.
The attach fails.
The response and reason codes (safresp and safreas) returned by the system authorization facility (SAF), and the response and reason codes (esmresp and esmreas) returned by the external security manager (ESM) are those issued by the RACROUTE REQUEST=VERIFY or RACROUTE REQUEST=EXTRACT macros. These return codes are described in the OS/390 MVS Programming: Authorized Assembler Services Guide, and in External Security Interface (RACROUTE) Macro Reference for MVS and VM (SC28-1366). Consult the manuals to find the cause of the codes.
CSCS
DFHSNUS
XMEOUT Parameters: date, time,applid, termid, X'safresp', X'safreas', X'esmresp', X'esmreas'
The user has failed the implicit signoff for attach security.
Processing continues.
The response and reason codes (safresp and safreas) returned by the system authorization facility (SAF), and the response and reason codes (esmresp and esmreas) returned by the external security manager (ESM) are those issued by the RACROUTE REQUEST=VERIFY or RACROUTE REQUEST=EXTRACT macros. These return codes are described in the OS/390 MVS Programming: Authorized Assembler Services Guide, and in External Security Interface (RACROUTE) Macro Reference for MVS and VM (SC28-1366). Consult the manuals to find the cause of the codes.
CSCS
DFHSNUS
XMEOUT Parameters: date, time,applid, termid, X'safresp', X'safreas', X'esmresp', X'esmreas'
The user userid, specified for preset security terminal portname has been signed on to the external security manager (ESM).
The security attributes for this userid are used in all security requests issued against this terminal.
The terminal is now PRESET with this userid for its entire duration.
None.
CSCS
DFHSNPU
XMEOUT Parameters: date, time,applid, {1=netname , 2=console , 3=terminal }, portname, userid,groupid
The user userid, specified for a preset security terminal portname, could not be signed on to the external security manager (ESM).
The signon request is rejected and the terminal cannot be put in service.
The response and reason codes (safresp and safreas) returned by the system authorization facility (SAF), and the response and reason codes (esmresp and esmreas) returned by the external security manager (ESM) are those issued by the RACROUTE REQUEST=VERIFY or RACROUTE REQUEST=EXTRACT macros. These return codes are described in the OS/390 MVS Programming: Authorized Assembler Services Guide, and in External Security Interface (RACROUTE) Macro Reference for MVS and VM (SC28-1366). Consult the manuals to find the cause of the codes.
CSCS
DFHSNPU
XMEOUT Parameters: date, time,applid, {1=netname , 2=console , 3=terminal }, portname, userid,X'safresp', X'safreas', X'esmresp',X'esmreas'
The preset security terminal portname has been signed off while the terminal was being deleted. Its security has been removed.
Processing continues.
None.
CSCS
DFHSNPU
XMEOUT Parameters: date, time,applid, {1=netname , 2=console , 3=terminal }, portname
The preset security terminal portname, could not be signed off while the terminal was being deleted.
Processing continues.
The response and reason codes (safresp and safreas) returned by the system authorization facility (SAF), and the response and reason codes (esmresp and esmreas) returned by the external security manager (ESM) are those issued by the RACROUTE REQUEST=VERIFY or RACROUTE REQUEST=EXTRACT macros. These return codes are described in the OS/390 MVS Programming: Authorized Assembler Services Guide, and in External Security Interface (RACROUTE) Macro Reference for MVS and VM (SC28-1366). Consult the manuals to find the cause of the codes.
CSCS
DFHSNPU
XMEOUT Parameters: date, time,applid, {1=netname , 2=console , 3=terminal }, portname, X'safresp',X'safreas', X'esmresp', X'esmreas'