Here's an alternative: http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1OA48941
Bob IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> wrote on 10/01/2015 06:28:22 AM: > From: John Eells <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Date: 10/01/2015 06:28 AM > Subject: Re: Unicode Red Alert - Fix REQUIRED Before 15 December! > Sent by: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> > > This one's important! This should match what gets posted at the > now-broken link but if they differ, the posted one wins: > > Title: z/OS Unicode Services Conversion Information Service fails after > December 15, 2015 > > Abstract: > Unicode Services conversion information service on all current z/OS > releases will return incorrect return code on systems IPLed on or after > December 15, 2015 affecting many system services and applications. > Action is required to prevent failures. > > Description: > A recent problem was discovered in Unicode Services where the check for > the availability of the Conversion Information service, introduced in > z/OS 1.10, is checking the wrong bit in the Unicode UCCB to determine if > the function is available. Unfortunately, the wrong bit happens to be > within a timestamp reflecting the time at which the UCCB was created at > IPL time. That bit in the timestamp will change when the system is > IPLed on or after December 15, 2015, causing the availability check to > fail and resulting in an error return code back to every caller of the > service. The intention of the Unicode service itself is not related to > time or the timestamp in any way. > > The users of the Unicode Conversion Information service may vary by > release. In z/OS 2.1 and z/OS 2.2, LE C/C++ Runtime iconv() is a major > user of these Unicode services, including such functions as Telnet, > System Automation, BCPii, ICONV sample job EDCICONV, FTP / SFTP, Java / > Websphere applications and others. These functions may not work after > an IPL with a date on or after December 15, 2015. > > Please see APAR OA48941 for more details and latest information. > > Users Affected: > The problem was introduced in z/OS 1.10 with the creation of the > Conversion Information service and applies to all current z/OS levels. > Given the LE iconv() exploitation in z/OS 2.1 and 2.2, these releases > are significantly impacted, however any callers of the Unicode service > will be affected. > > Recommended Actions: > It is strongly recommended to install the appropriate level fix for > OA48941, prior to December 15, 2015 to avoid any issues related to this > problem. Please see the details in the APAR text to obtain fixes, > including ++APARs that are currently available. PTFs are planned for > mid October. An IPL is required to activate the fix. > If IPLs can not be scheduled to apply the fix before December 15, 2015, > an alternative approach may be to install the fix on a SYSRES, and IPL > with that SYSRES in the event of an unplanned IPL on or after December > 15, 2015. A scheduled IPL should be planned for the fix as soon as > possible afterwards, if not yet installed. > > > -- > John Eells > z/OS Technical Marketing > IBM Poughkeepsie > [email protected] > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
