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MFX JOIN Job Goes Into a WAIT After TPF7 Upgrade
MFX WER0254A SORTIN VSAM OPEN ERROR A8 - empty VSAM input
Fix: TZ05781 - Java SDK/Semeru V11, V17 and V21 Compliance
Fix: TZ06196 - ABENDS0C4 May Occur After Applying TZ06066
Fix: TZ06215 - Global DSM, Remove Function Codes from SSVT Before Shutdown
Enhancement: TZ06036 - Addition of MOLIMIT Parameter
Fix: TZ06147 - IEC190I Warning Message Issued During a Call to an OPEN Macro
Fix: TZ06131 - An ABEND0C4 May Occur in a MAXSORT Application After Applying PTF TZ04671
Fix: TZ06023 - An ABEND S213-9A May Occur for a SORTIN Dataset that is Encrypted and Multivolume
Fix: TZ05999 - A Join Application with a Main Task Using ZPCopy May Get Less Records Than Expected
Fix: TZ05968 - An ABEND0C4 Occurs in a MAXSORT Application After Applying PTF TZ05841
Fix: TZ05993 - An Abend 0C9 Occurs in a SORT Application on a Busy System
Fix: TZ05691 - Internal Serviceability Change
Fix: TZ05962 - Secondary Internal Abend 3A9 W Loop May Occur After a Primary Abend
Fix: TZ05931 - A Corrupted Output Dataset is Created after Message WER530I is Issued and If PTF TZ03950 has been Applied
Fix: TZ05871 - Special Customization SCO 271 - Lower Minimum Size for Buffers to be Moved Above the Bar
Enhancement: TZ05860 Introducing an Internal ABE 913W for Rare Cases When an Inconsistency in the Number of Records is Encountered During JOIN Processing Involving ZPCopy
Fix: TZ05910 - MFXPRMG Ends with Return Code 08 and Reason Code 035C
Fix: TZ05880 - Internal Serviceability Change
Fix: TZ05937 - Poor Performance in a multi-OUTFIL Application With PTFs TZ03770 and TZ04559 Applied
Fix: TZ05944 - A SORTL Application May Result in Incorrect Output
Syncsort MFX R3.1 PTF Consolidation: Service Pack TPF7 Maintenance Package
Fix: TZ05925 - A S213-9A ABEND May Occur for a SORTIN Dataset that is Encrypted and Multivolume
TZ05820 - Create New SCO 270 to Terminate a SYNCGNER Application with RC=12 if the SYSPRINT DD Is Missing
Fix: TZ05847 - An Abend 222 Occurs in a ZPSaver JOIN Application After PTF TZ05326 is Applied
Fix: TZ05814 - An ABEND 65EW Occurs in a JOIN Application After Applying PTF TZ05560
Fix: TZ05841 - ABEND 0FF W Occurs in a MAXSORT Application
Enhancement: TZ05696 - Internal Serviceability Change
Fix: TZ05829 - An Abend 222 Occurs in a ZPSaver JOIN Application with a SORTJNFx VSAM Dataset after PTF TZ05326 is Applied
Fix: TZ05744 - ABEND5F2W May Occur in a Join Application When the SORTJNFx Dataset Contains a Majority of Pre-sequenced Records Based on the SORT KEY Field.
Enhancement: TZ05227 - Support Added for Enhanced Debug Information
Enhancement: TZ05808 - Internal Serviceability Change
Fix: TZ05763 - A WER135A Critical Error May Occur in a JOIN Application with PTF TZ05326 Applied and SCO 099 Activated
Enhancement: TZ05750 - Internal Serviceability Change
Fix: TZ05724 - An Enhancement to Improve Elapsed Time in SAS Invoked SORT
Fix: TZ05710 - An Abend 522 Occurs in a ZPSaver JOIN Application with a SORTJNFx VSAM Dataset After PTF TZ05326 is Applied
Enhancement: TZ05154 - Internal Serviceability Change
Enhancement: TZ05716 - Internal Serviceability Change
SS31OPTS job ended with RC 08 with ASMA017W or ASMA144E or ASMA254I or ASMA141E for two Additional Alternate Parameter DD Names.(ALTPARM#2 and ALTPARM#3)
Fix: TZ05683 - A JOIN Application Using Variable Length SORTJNFx Datasets May Result in Dropped Records After PTF TZ04969 is Applied
Fix: TZ05601 - A JOIN Application Creates More Output Records Than Expected After PTF TZ05529 is Applied.
Fix: TZ05613 - A WER153A Critical Error May Occur for a SORT Application With an OUTFIL Statement
Fix: TZ05642 - An ABEND0C4 Occurs for a VL SORTIN Dataset in an Application with an OUTFIL INCLUDE/OMIT Statement
Enhancement: TZ05264 - Create Two New SCOs to Allow Two Additional Alternate Parameter DD Names
Fix: TZ05364 - Processing of a MERGE Application With a MODS E35 EXIT Present When SCO236 is Activated Has Been Modified
Enhancement: TZ05326 – Improved Join Performance for SORTJNF1/JNF2 Files Containing Vastly Different Record Counts
Fix: TZ05509 - Critical Error WER160A Occurs in a JOIN Application After TPF6 Maintenance or PTF TZ04969 is Applied
Fix: TZ05585 - An Unreadable SORTOUT Dataset May Be Created When SORTOUT Is an Encrypted Dataset
Fix: TZ05436 - Internal Access Method Improvements for Single Stripe Extended SORTOUT Datasets
Fix: TZ05529 - WER039A with Many JOIN Fields and RECFM=V/VB/VBS and PTF TZ05424 applied
Fix: TZ05519 - An Abend 0C4 Occurs in MFX TPF3 With VBS Format SORTIN Datasets and OUTREC Specified
Syncsort MFX R3.1 PTF Consolidation: TPF6 Maintenance Package
TZ05391 - ABEND8D6W, ABEND8DBW or ABEND5F2W Triggered with Large Input Datasets Containing Pre-Sequenced Records Based on SORT KEY Field
Fix: TZ05481 - A Loop Occurs in a SORT Application With a Variable Length SORTIN Dataset and SUM FIELDS=NONE Specified
Fix: TZ05242 - An ABEND 68B W May Occur in a ZPSaver Application
Fix: TZ05462 - Internal Serviceability Change
Fix: TZ05475 - Inconsistent Output Due to a JOIN Compare Issue for Fields Longer than 256 Bytes and RECFM=F/FB After Apply of TZ04878
Enhancement: "TZ05468" - Special Customer Option SCO093 is Active Though 9-Digit WER054I Message Desired
Fix: TZ05399 - WER039A May Occur in a JOIN Application with Compressed Data Set
Fix: TZ05456 - An ABEND8D2W may occur in a JOIN application after applying PTF TZ05424
Fix: TZ05448 - WER170A May Occur in a SYNCGENR Application with Different RECFM in Concatenated Files in SYSUT1
Fix: TZ05430 - Critical Error WER123A May Occur in a SYNCTOOL Application With the OCCUR Operand
Fix: TZ05424 - A JOIN Application May Result in Incorrect Output With Excess Records After Applying TZ04878
Fix: TZ05405 - Abend Syncsort 8D1 W or 8D2 W Occurs in JOIN Application After Applying TZ05383
Fix: TZ05377 - Internal Serviceability Changes
Fix: TZ05266 - An ABEND 668W May Occur in a Copy Application with a Small SORTIN File Size
Fix: TZ05383 - An ABEND0C4 Occurs in a JOIN Application After Applying PTF TZ04878
Fix: TZ05327 - Internal Serviceability Changes
Enhancement: TZ04878 - Improve CPU Performance in a JOIN application
Enhancement: TZ05320 - Create a new SYNCMAC Installation Option Of EXITCK=STRONG/WEAK
"TZ05304" WER071A Occurs for Input Files Greater Than 4,294,967,296 Records, EQUALS in Effect and MFX Run Time PARM EXTCOUNT is Not Specified
SS31OPTS job ended with RC 08 with ASMA017W or ASMA144E or ASMA254I or ASMA141E for two Additional Alternate Parameter DD Names.(ALTPARM#2 and ALTPARM#3)
Fix: TZ05683 - A JOIN Application Using Variable Length SORTJNFx Datasets May Result in Dropped Records After PTF TZ04969 is Applied
Enhancement: TZ04878 - Improve CPU Performance in a JOIN application
Enhancement: TZ05320 - Create a new SYNCMAC Installation Option Of EXITCK=STRONG/WEAK
"TZ05304" WER071A Occurs for Input Files Greater Than 4,294,967,296 Records, EQUALS in Effect and MFX Run Time PARM EXTCOUNT is Not Specified
Enhancement: TZ06238 - Internal Serviceability Change
MFX JOIN Job Goes Into a WAIT After TPF7 Upgrade
MFX WER0254A SORTIN VSAM OPEN ERROR A8 - empty VSAM input
Fix: TZ05015 - Abend 3AB W May Occur in a SORT Application With an Encrypted SORTOUT Data Set
Fix: TZ06239 - Enable SZERO For Packed Decimal Fields During JOIN Compare
Fix: TZ06243 - Internal Serviceability Change
Enhancement: TZ06184 - Support Added for MOLIMIT in OPTION Statement
Enhancement: TZ05762 - Display SCO Parameters in SYNCLIST Output
Fix: TZ06223 - Java SDK/Semeru V11, V17 and V21 Compliance
Fix: TZ05781 - Java SDK/Semeru V11, V17 and V21 Compliance
Fix: TZ06196 - ABENDS0C4 May Occur After Applying TZ06066
Fix: TZ06215 - Global DSM, Remove Function Codes from SSVT Before Shutdown
Fix: TZ06233 - Internal Servicability Change
Fix: TZ06190 – Internal Serviceability Change
Enhancement: TZ06140 - Enhanced Sort Exit Authorization
Fix: TZ06169 - Internal Serviceability Change
Fix: TZ06176 - Potential 0C1/0C4 ABENDs When MFX MERGE is Invoked With 64-bit Parmlist
Fix: TZ06066 - A Loop Occurs When a SORT Application Has a SORTWORK Dataset On an EAV Volume and Has an Initial Extent On a 64K Boundary
Enhancement: TZ06036 - Addition of MOLIMIT Parameter
Fix: TZ06147 - IEC190I Warning Message Issued During a Call to an OPEN Macro
Fix: TZ06131 - An ABEND0C4 May Occur in a MAXSORT Application After Applying PTF TZ04671
Fix: TZ06084 – A SYNCTOOL Application With the SELECT Operand was Incorrectly Excluded from zIIP Processing
Enhancement: TZ06078 - New Diagnostic Program SYNCMEML to Monitor Memory Usage
Fix: TZ06072 - An Abend 0C9 Occurs in a SORT Application on a Busy System
Fix: TZ05835 - An ABEND 65EW Occurs in a SORT Application With Multi-terabyte Input Data
Fix: TZ06060 - Unpredictable Results May Occur With SCO194 Activated
Fix: TZ06005 - Correct MFX Message Inconsistencies With SCO212 Active
Fix: TZ06023 - An ABEND S213-9A May Occur for a SORTIN Dataset that is Encrypted and Multivolume
Fix: TZ05999 - A Join Application with a Main Task Using ZPCopy May Get Less Records Than Expected
Fix: TZ05968 - An ABEND0C4 Occurs in a MAXSORT Application After Applying PTF TZ05841
Fix: TZ05993 - An Abend 0C9 Occurs in a SORT Application on a Busy System
Fix: TZ05691 - Internal Serviceability Change
Fix: TZ05962 - Secondary Internal Abend 3A9 W Loop May Occur After a Primary Abend
Fix: TZ05931 - A Corrupted Output Dataset is Created after Message WER530I is Issued and If PTF TZ03950 has been Applied
Fix: TZ05871 - Special Customization SCO 271 - Lower Minimum Size for Buffers to be Moved Above the Bar
Enhancement: TZ05860 Introducing an Internal ABE 913W for Rare Cases When an Inconsistency in the Number of Records is Encountered During JOIN Processing Involving ZPCopy
Fix: TZ05910 - MFXPRMG Ends with Return Code 08 and Reason Code 035C
Fix: TZ05880 - Internal Serviceability Change
Fix: TZ05937 - Poor Performance in a multi-OUTFIL Application With PTFs TZ03770 and TZ04559 Applied
Fix: TZ05944 - A SORTL Application May Result in Incorrect Output
Syncsort MFX R3.1 PTF Consolidation: Service Pack TPF7 Maintenance Package
Fix: TZ05925 - A S213-9A ABEND May Occur for a SORTIN Dataset that is Encrypted and Multivolume
TZ05820 - Create New SCO 270 to Terminate a SYNCGNER Application with RC=12 if the SYSPRINT DD Is Missing
Fix: TZ05847 - An Abend 222 Occurs in a ZPSaver JOIN Application After PTF TZ05326 is Applied
Fix: TZ05814 - An ABEND 65EW Occurs in a JOIN Application After Applying PTF TZ05560
Fix: TZ05841 - ABEND 0FF W Occurs in a MAXSORT Application
Enhancement: TZ05696 - Internal Serviceability Change
Fix: TZ05829 - An Abend 222 Occurs in a ZPSaver JOIN Application with a SORTJNFx VSAM Dataset after PTF TZ05326 is Applied
Fix: TZ05744 - ABEND5F2W May Occur in a Join Application When the SORTJNFx Dataset Contains a Majority of Pre-sequenced Records Based on the SORT KEY Field.
Enhancement: TZ05227 - Support Added for Enhanced Debug Information
Enhancement: TZ05808 - Internal Serviceability Change
Fix: TZ05802 - An Abend 0C1 May Occur in a Sort Application with Unicode Format Sort Key
Question about Syncsort MFX running on IBM Wasi or ZD&T
MFX license keys date mismatch when ran the KEYUPDTE job and IVP
Fix: TZ05763 - A WER135A Critical Error May Occur in a JOIN Application with PTF TZ05326 Applied and SCO 099 Activated
Enhancement: TZ05750 - Internal Serviceability Change
Fix: TZ05724 - An Enhancement to Improve Elapsed Time in SAS Invoked SORT
Fix: TZ05710 - An Abend 522 Occurs in a ZPSaver JOIN Application with a SORTJNFx VSAM Dataset After PTF TZ05326 is Applied
Enhancement: TZ05154 - Internal Serviceability Change
Enhancement: TZ05716 - Internal Serviceability Change
SS31OPTS job ended with RC 08 with ASMA017W or ASMA144E or ASMA254I or ASMA141E for two Additional Alternate Parameter DD Names.(ALTPARM#2 and ALTPARM#3)
Fix: TZ05683 - A JOIN Application Using Variable Length SORTJNFx Datasets May Result in Dropped Records After PTF TZ04969 is Applied
Fix: TZ05601 - A JOIN Application Creates More Output Records Than Expected After PTF TZ05529 is Applied.
Fix: TZ05613 - A WER153A Critical Error May Occur for a SORT Application With an OUTFIL Statement
Fix: TZ05642 - An ABEND0C4 Occurs for a VL SORTIN Dataset in an Application with an OUTFIL INCLUDE/OMIT Statement
Enhancement: TZ05264 - Create Two New SCOs to Allow Two Additional Alternate Parameter DD Names
Fix: TZ05364 - Processing of a MERGE Application With a MODS E35 EXIT Present When SCO236 is Activated Has Been Modified
Enhancement: TZ05326 – Improved Join Performance for SORTJNF1/JNF2 Files Containing Vastly Different Record Counts
Fix: TZ05509 - Critical Error WER160A Occurs in a JOIN Application After TPF6 Maintenance or PTF TZ04969 is Applied
Compatibility: z/OS 3.1 Compatibility
Fix: TZ05560 - A WER039A Occurs In A JOIN Application With SORTJNF1 and SORTJNF2 Compressed Striped Datasets
Fix: TZ05575 - An ABEND0C4 Occurs for a Program Invoked SORT Executing AMODE 24 With TPF 6 or PTF TZ04671 Applied
Fix: TZ05585 - An Unreadable SORTOUT Dataset May Be Created When SORTOUT Is an Encrypted Dataset
Fix: TZ05436 - Internal Access Method Improvements for Single Stripe Extended SORTOUT Datasets
Fix: TZ05529 - WER039A with Many JOIN Fields and RECFM=V/VB/VBS and PTF TZ05424 applied
Fix: TZ05519 - An Abend 0C4 Occurs in MFX TPF3 With VBS Format SORTIN Datasets and OUTREC Specified
Syncsort MFX R3.1 PTF Consolidation: TPF6 Maintenance Package
TZ05391 - ABEND8D6W, ABEND8DBW or ABEND5F2W Triggered with Large Input Datasets Containing Pre-Sequenced Records Based on SORT KEY Field
Enhancement: TZ05496 - Internal Serviceability Change
Fix: TZ05418 - Abend S878-10 May Occur After PTF TZ04671 Has Been Applied
Fix: TZ05442 - ABEND0C4 in a COPY Application When the Input DD Statement Specifies a DCB Sub-Parameter With EROPT
Fix: TZ05481 - A Loop Occurs in a SORT Application With a Variable Length SORTIN Dataset and SUM FIELDS=NONE Specified
Fix: TZ05242 - An ABEND 68B W May Occur in a ZPSaver Application
Fix: TZ05462 - Internal Serviceability Change
Fix: TZ05475 - Inconsistent Output Due to a JOIN Compare Issue for Fields Longer than 256 Bytes and RECFM=F/FB After Apply of TZ04878
Enhancement: "TZ05468" - Special Customer Option SCO093 is Active Though 9-Digit WER054I Message Desired
Fix: TZ05399 - WER039A May Occur in a JOIN Application with Compressed Data Set
Fix: TZ05456 - An ABEND8D2W may occur in a JOIN application after applying PTF TZ05424
Fix: TZ05448 - WER170A May Occur in a SYNCGENR Application with Different RECFM in Concatenated Files in SYSUT1
Fix: TZ05430 - Critical Error WER123A May Occur in a SYNCTOOL Application With the OCCUR Operand
Fix: TZ05424 - A JOIN Application May Result in Incorrect Output With Excess Records After Applying TZ04878
Fix: TZ05405 - Abend Syncsort 8D1 W or 8D2 W Occurs in JOIN Application After Applying TZ05383
Fix: TZ05377 - Internal Serviceability Changes
Fix: TZ05266 - An ABEND 668W May Occur in a Copy Application with a Small SORTIN File Size
Fix: TZ05383 - An ABEND0C4 Occurs in a JOIN Application After Applying PTF TZ04878
Fix: TZ05327 - Internal Serviceability Changes
Enhancement: TZ04878 - Improve CPU Performance in a JOIN application
Enhancement: TZ05320 - Create a new SYNCMAC Installation Option Of EXITCK=STRONG/WEAK
"TZ05304" WER071A Occurs for Input Files Greater Than 4,294,967,296 Records, EQUALS in Effect and MFX Run Time PARM EXTCOUNT is Not Specified
TY01318
TY02090
Fix: TZ05744 - ABEND5F2W May Occur in a Join Application When the SORTJNFx Dataset Contains a Majority of Pre-sequenced Records Based on the SORT KEY Field.
Fix: TZ05032 - A WER171A critical error occurs in a SYNCGENR application with SCO216 applied
TY00925 (included in TPF1 - 2.1.1.0)
Fix: TZ05529 - WER039A with Many JOIN Fields and RECFM=V/VB/VBS and PTF TZ05424 applied
Fix: TZ04414 - The input order of equal-keyed records is not maintained for a VSAM SORTIN data set with an INCLUDE or OMIT statement and PTF TZ03077 applied.
TY01749(included in TPF4 – 2.1.4.0)
Fix: TZ03424 - Internal Serviceability
Fix: TZ05418 - Abend S878-10 May Occur After PTF TZ04671 Has Been Applied
Fix: TZ05993 - An Abend 0C9 Occurs in a SORT Application on a Busy System
Enhancement: TZ03602 - Unicode Support.
TY01592 (included in TPF4 – 2.1.4.0)
Fix: TZ03647 - Abend S0C6 or S0C4 when too many IFTHEN statements.
TY01303 (included in TPF3 - 2.1.3.0)
TY01999
zHPF High Performance FICON Compatibility and Exploitation
Install New License Keys Using Key Data Set (KEYUPDATE)
TY01521 (included in TPF4 – 2.1.4.0)
Fix: TZ04087 - Prevent U0999 abend when sort encounters error during license expiration warning period
TY02024
TZ03331
Enhancement: TZ05093 – Make Performance Improvements to Detect Pre-sequencing in the Key for the SORTIN Dataset with TPF 4 or PTF TZ02837 Applied
Fix: TZ04005 - A sort application terminates with critical error WER046A using a very large multi-volume SORTIN DASD data set.
Fix: TZ06147 - IEC190I Warning Message Issued During a Call to an OPEN Macro
TZ03035
TZ02677
TY02407
TY01546 (included in TPF4 – 2.1.4.0)
TY01442 (included in TPF3 - 2.1.3.0)
TY01449 (Included in TPF4 - 2.1.4.0)
Fix: TZ04930 – Correct PTF TZ04809 to display the WER578I Message indicating the Sort Accelerator is not applicable for COPY and MERGE Applications
Fix: TZ05999 - A Join Application with a Main Task Using ZPCopy May Get Less Records Than Expected
Questions about the Syncsort MFX 3.1.4 Sortwork Encryption
TY00907 (included in TPF1 - 2.1.1.0)
TZ04734: Poor Performance (CPU Time) is Possible on a z15 Processor with Applications Specifying a Large Number of OUTFIL INCLUDE/OMIT Parameters
TZ02687
TZ02885
TY01197 (included in TPF2 - 2.1.2.0)
TY01653(included in TPF4 – 2.1.4.0)
TY02326
TY02277
TY01318
TY02090
Fix: TZ05744 - ABEND5F2W May Occur in a Join Application When the SORTJNFx Dataset Contains a Majority of Pre-sequenced Records Based on the SORT KEY Field.
TY02202
TY01523 (included in TPF4 – 2.1.4.0)
TY01252 (Included in TPF4 - 2.1.4.0)
TY00905 (included in TPF1 - 2.1.1.0)
Enhancement: TZ03797 - Internal Serviceability Changes
TY01033 (included in TPF1 - 2.1.1.0)
Fix: TZ05032 - A WER171A critical error occurs in a SYNCGENR application with SCO216 applied
TY00925 (included in TPF1 - 2.1.1.0)
Fix: TZ05529 - WER039A with Many JOIN Fields and RECFM=V/VB/VBS and PTF TZ05424 applied
TY03277
Enhancement: TZ05496 - Internal Serviceability Change
Enhancement: TZ04500 - Improve Performance of SYNCTOOL STATS Operator Processing
Fix: TZ04092 - No SYSOUT messages are written to the MSGDD= data set when the XDUP parameter is specified.
Enhancement: TZ05127 - Internal Serviceability Change
TY01215 (included in TPF2 - 2.1.2.0)
Fix: TZ04414 - The input order of equal-keyed records is not maintained for a VSAM SORTIN data set with an INCLUDE or OMIT statement and PTF TZ03077 applied.
TY01749(included in TPF4 – 2.1.4.0)
Fix: TZ03424 - Internal Serviceability
TY01805 SCO225
Fix: TZ03680 - Abend S0C4 in JOIN and COPY with many equal key records
TY01324 (included in TPF3 - 2.1.3.0)
TY02344
TY01170 (included in TPF2 - 2.1.2.0)
TZ02982 SCO185
Fix: TZ05418 - Abend S878-10 May Occur After PTF TZ04671 Has Been Applied
Fix: TZ05993 - An Abend 0C9 Occurs in a SORT Application on a Busy System
Enhancement: TZ03602 - Unicode Support.
z14 CPU (3906) and z14 ZR1 (3907) Compatibility
Enhancement: TZ03336 - Support for adding TCPIP stack name dynamically
TZ02802
TY01312 (included in TPF3 - 2.1.3.0)
TY01031 (included in TPF1 - 2.1.1.0)
TY02877
TY01592 (included in TPF4 – 2.1.4.0)
Fix: TZ03647 - Abend S0C6 or S0C4 when too many IFTHEN statements.
TY01303 (included in TPF3 - 2.1.3.0)
TY01488 (included in TPF4 – 2.1.4.0)
TY01775(included in TPF4 – 2.1.4.0)
TY00989 (included in TPF1 - 2.1.1.0)
TY01859
TZ03446
Fix: TZ05968 - An ABEND0C4 Occurs in a MAXSORT Application After Applying PTF TZ05841
TY01999
zHPF High Performance FICON Compatibility and Exploitation
Install New License Keys Using Key Data Set (KEYUPDATE)
TY01210 SCO210 (included in TPF2 - 2.1.2.0)
JVMJBL2008E, WER502A - MFX 2.1 Install HFS Library - SS21TST2
TY02020
TY02308
Enhancement: TZ03870 – Internal Serviceability Change
Fix: TZ04918 - An ABEND0C4 may occur when executing SYNCLIST with PTF TZ04584 applied.
TY01521 (included in TPF4 – 2.1.4.0)
Fix: TZ04087 - Prevent U0999 abend when sort encounters error during license expiration warning period
TY02024
Compatibility: z/OS 2.4 Compatibility
Fix: TY04005 - A sort application terminates with critical errors WER046A or WER153A with a SORTIN DASD data set containing more than 2 terabytes of input data.
Fix: TZ03277 - Internal Serviceability Change
Fix: TZ05242 - An ABEND 68B W May Occur in a ZPSaver Application
TY01050 (included in TPF1 - 2.1.1.0.)
TY02151
TZ03331
Enhancement: TZ05093 – Make Performance Improvements to Detect Pre-sequencing in the Key for the SORTIN Dataset with TPF 4 or PTF TZ02837 Applied
Fix: TZ04005 - A sort application terminates with critical error WER046A using a very large multi-volume SORTIN DASD data set.
Enhancement: TZ06184 - Support Added for MOLIMIT in OPTION Statement
TY02478
TY00987 (included in TPF1 - 2.1.1.0)
TY01124 (included in TPF2 - 2.1.2.0)
Enhancement: TZ04083 - This PTF has been superseded by TZ04542
Enhancement: TZ04878 - Improve CPU Performance in a JOIN application
Fix: TZ06147 - IEC190I Warning Message Issued During a Call to an OPEN Macro
TZ03035
TZ02677
Fix: TZ03817 - An internal ABEND2DAW occurs for a JOIN UNPAIRED sort application with fixed length records, a REFORMAT statement with a FILL=X'FF' parameter and the NOEQUALS parameter in effect.
WER400A Uninitialized Data Set
TY01263 (included in TPF2 - 2.1.2.0)
TY01394 (included in TPF3 - 2.1.3.0)
Compatibility: z/OS 2.5 Compatibility
TY02540
TY02407
TY01546 (included in TPF4 – 2.1.4.0)
TY01442 (included in TPF3 - 2.1.3.0)
TY01449 (Included in TPF4 - 2.1.4.0)
Fix: TZ04930 – Correct PTF TZ04809 to display the WER578I Message indicating the Sort Accelerator is not applicable for COPY and MERGE Applications
Fix: TZ05999 - A Join Application with a Main Task Using ZPCopy May Get Less Records Than Expected
TY02960
TY02144
Enhancement: TZ05154 - Internal Serviceability Change
Compatibility: z/OS 2.4 Compatibility
Syncsort MFX R3.1 PTF Consolidation: TPF4 Maintenance Package
Compatibility: z/OS 3.1 Compatibility
PTF Consolidation: TPF3 Maintenance Package for Syncsort MFX R3.1
Best Practices: An IPL is required for any TPF Maintenance Upgrade
Syncsort MFX R3.1 PTF Consolidation: TPF6 Maintenance Package
SCOS Installation Option - MFX for z/OS Release 2.1 or higher
Installation Tips: Use a Different SVC When Installing New Release of Syncsort MFX for z/OS
Running the SYNCCPR Program
Fix: TZ05509 - Critical Error WER160A Occurs in a JOIN Application After TPF6 Maintenance or PTF TZ04969 is Applied
TZ04925: An ABEND0C4 May Occur in a ZPCopy Application Specifying OUTFIL VTOF After Applying PTFs TZ04348 and TZ04693 with MFX Installation Option or Run-time PARM SCO069 Activated
Fix : TZ05063 - Resolve 0C4 Abend That May be Observed After Applying TZ04522
Fix: TZ05968 - An ABEND0C4 Occurs in a MAXSORT Application After Applying PTF TZ05841
Fix: TZ04776 - Sorts may encounter Abend 3AB W After Applying PTF TZ04284
z15 CPU (8561) and z15s (8562) Compatibility
Fix: TZ03691 - MFX 3.1 TPF1 Memory Object compatibility for TPF2 with new SCO 253
Enhancement: TZ05098 - Implement updates and enhancements for OUTFIL OUTPUT EMAIL processing
Fix: TZ04930 – Correct PTF TZ04809 to display the WER578I Message indicating the Sort Accelerator is not applicable for COPY and MERGE Applications
Fix: TZ04048 - MFX applications encounter ABEND16D after applying MFX 3.1 TPF3 maintenance or PTF TZ03854
Install New License Keys Using Key Data Set (KEYUPDATE)
Fix: TZ05841 - ABEND 0FF W Occurs in a MAXSORT Application
Fix: TZ04785 - Create a SYNCMAC User Option SCOS=(258) to disable the MODIFY operator command feature packaged in MFX 3.1.4.0.
Fix: TZ04507 - An ABEND0C4 occurs in a ZPSaver JOIN application after applying MFX 3.1 TPF3 or PTF TZ03680
Fix: TZ04559 - A WER153A message occurs in a multi-OUTFIL application with PTF TZ03770 applied.
Enhancement: TZ03950 - Improve Performance for Encrypted Output Files
Enhancement: TZ04542 - Support PARMs in PARMLIB for specifying SYNCMAC Installation Options
Enhancement: TZ04662 Internal Serviceability Change
Fix: TZ05880 - Internal Serviceability Change
Fix: TZ05405 - Abend Syncsort 8D1 W or 8D2 W Occurs in JOIN Application After Applying TZ05383
Fix: TZ05456 - An ABEND8D2W may occur in a JOIN application after applying PTF TZ05424
Enhancement: TZ04480 - Update Management of JAVA Functions
TZ04367: An ABEND0C4 in QKC1ZPNG or internal ABEND8EDU-0C4 or ABEND294W occur with VSAM SORTIN, an INCLUDE or OMIT statement, RECORD statement TYPE=V specified and TZ03077 applied
MFX R3.1 - TPF2 Maintenance Package Contents
Fix: TZ05424 - A JOIN Application May Result in Incorrect Output With Excess Records After Applying TZ04878
Enhancement: TZ05154 - Internal Serviceability Change
Enhancement: TZ04396 - Critical error WER268A or PARM FIELD ERROR with OPTION ZSORT or NOZSORT or run-time PARM ZSORT or NOZSORT specified.
TZ04977: "Allow an MFX runtime PARM VSCORET override in the JNFxPARM DD to be honored in a JOIN application to address a WER153A critical error in a JOIN sort task"
JVMJBL2008E, WER502A - MFX 2.1 Install HFS Library - SS21TST2
Fix: TZ04759 - Critical Error WER488A or ABEND878 May Occur in a JOIN Application with PTF TZ04573 Applied.
Fix: TZ04145 - Improve the MODIFY command DEBUG processing with TZ03488 applied.
MFX R2.1 TPF9 Maintenance Package Contents
Fix: TZ05847 - An Abend 222 Occurs in a ZPSaver JOIN Application After PTF TZ05326 is Applied
Reassigning SYNCGENR/IEBGENER aliases - MFX 2.1 or higher BetterGener Implementation
Enhancement: TZ04970 - Extend the scope of IBM Integrated Accelerator for Z Sort Use Cases
Fix: TZ05153 - An ABEND3ABW may occur in a SAS Invoked SORT on TPF 5 or with PTF TZ03806 applied
Fix: TZ04244 - A WER039A critical error or ABEND0C1 occurs in an IMS program invoked sort such as PGM=DFSRRC00 or PGM=HFPMAIN0 using MFX 3.1 TPF 3.
Fix: TZ04568 - Internal ABEND 2285 U or system ABEND S0D3-13 may occur for an OUTFIL dataset which contains no data records.
Fix: TZ04573 – In rare circumstances a JOIN application may produce incorrect output in the form of missing records.
Fix: TZ04779 - An ABEND0C2 S may occur for PROC SYNCSORT
Fix: TZ04968 - The WER578I message contains excess characters appearing at the end of the message
Fix: TZ06084 – A SYNCTOOL Application With the SELECT Operand was Incorrectly Excluded from zIIP Processing
Fix: TZ05871 - Special Customization SCO 271 - Lower Minimum Size for Buffers to be Moved Above the Bar
No WER054I REC IN/OUT Message (COPY, Variable-Length Data, MFX 2.1 or higher SCO030 Not Enabled); VLCOPY=CNT Parm
TY03456
Fix: TZ05710 - An Abend 522 Occurs in a ZPSaver JOIN Application with a SORTJNFx VSAM Dataset After PTF TZ05326 is Applied
Place MFX SYNCLINK Library Ahead of SYS1.LINKLIB: MFX 2.1 and MFX 3.1 BetterGener Activation
Fix: TZ05962 - Secondary Internal Abend 3A9 W Loop May Occur After a Primary Abend
Fix: TZ04748 – Large JOIN Application Experiencing Prolonged Execution Time or WER046A SORT CAPACITY EXCEEDED Error with MFX 3.1
Fix: TZ05032 - A WER171A critical error occurs in a SYNCGENR application with SCO216 applied
Fix: TZ05519 - An Abend 0C4 Occurs in MFX TPF3 With VBS Format SORTIN Datasets and OUTREC Specified
Fix: TZ05601 - A JOIN Application Creates More Output Records Than Expected After PTF TZ05529 is Applied.
Fix: TZ04525 - Missing data for an SMS managed multi-volume dataset with zero primary space allocated on volume one.
Fix: TZ05529 - WER039A with Many JOIN Fields and RECFM=V/VB/VBS and PTF TZ05424 applied
Fix: TZ05475 - Inconsistent Output Due to a JOIN Compare Issue for Fields Longer than 256 Bytes and RECFM=F/FB After Apply of TZ04878
Fix: TZ05560 - A WER039A Occurs In A JOIN Application With SORTJNF1 and SORTJNF2 Compressed Striped Datasets
Fix: TZ04672 - Critical Error WER153A or Internal ABEND ABEND6DCW Occurs in a Multi-OUTFIL Application With PTF TZ04559 Applied.
Fix: TZ05475 - Inconsistent Output Due to a JOIN Compare Issue for Fields Longer than 256 Bytes and RECFM=F/FB After Apply of TZ04878
Fix: TZ05560 - A WER039A Occurs In A JOIN Application With SORTJNF1 and SORTJNF2 Compressed Striped Datasets
Fix: TZ04672 - Critical Error WER153A or Internal ABEND ABEND6DCW Occurs in a Multi-OUTFIL Application With PTF TZ04559 Applied.
Compatibility: z/OS 2.4 Compatibility
Syncsort MFX R3.1 PTF Consolidation: TPF4 Maintenance Package
Compatibility: z/OS 3.1 Compatibility
Compatibility: z/OS 2.5 Compatibility
IBM z15 Integrated Accelerator and Syncsort MFX
MFX End of Support LifeCycle Schedule
Enhancement: TZ04809 - Variable Length Support for ZSORT algorithm and new WER578I message
Current Release and Maintenance Levels (and Associated GA Dates) - MFX for z/OS and Associated Products
Syncsort MFX R3.1 PTF Consolidation: TPF5 Maintenance Package
PTF Consolidation: TPF3 Maintenance Package for Syncsort MFX R3.1
Best Practices: An IPL is required for any TPF Maintenance Upgrade
Syncsort MFX R3.1 PTF Consolidation: TPF6 Maintenance Package
Best Practice: License key dates expiring beyond June 2023
Syncsort MFX R3.1 PTF Consolidation: Service Pack TPF7 Maintenance Package
WER186I SVC nnn IS INCORRECT VERSION
How to transfer an MFX PTF or TPF to the mainframe
Display Installation Option Settings (SYNCLIST)
MFXOPT Abends with S0C4 abend on z/OS 2.3 2.4 and 2.5 Environments
SCOS Installation Option - MFX for z/OS Release 2.1 or higher
Installation Tips: Use a Different SVC When Installing New Release of Syncsort MFX for z/OS
Running the SYNCCPR Program
Fix: TZ03456 - Sorts with XSUM feature running on z/OS 2.4 encounter ABEND0C4, internal ABEND 8E2 W or ABEND 2A1 W.
Fnn System Abend (SVC)
WER901I, MFX License Key Expiration Date Discrepancy
Enhancement: TZ03949 - Improve Performance for Encrypted Input Files
WER417A UNEQUAL MAINTENANCE LEVELS - MFX 2.1 or MFX 3.1
Avoid WER046A By Using DYNALLOC
Fix: TZ05509 - Critical Error WER160A Occurs in a JOIN Application After TPF6 Maintenance or PTF TZ04969 is Applied
TZ04925: An ABEND0C4 May Occur in a ZPCopy Application Specifying OUTFIL VTOF After Applying PTFs TZ04348 and TZ04693 with MFX Installation Option or Run-time PARM SCO069 Activated
Fix : TZ05063 - Resolve 0C4 Abend That May be Observed After Applying TZ04522
Fix: TZ05968 - An ABEND0C4 Occurs in a MAXSORT Application After Applying PTF TZ05841
Fix: TZ04776 - Sorts may encounter Abend 3AB W After Applying PTF TZ04284
z15 CPU (8561) and z15s (8562) Compatibility
Fix: TZ03691 - MFX 3.1 TPF1 Memory Object compatibility for TPF2 with new SCO 253
Enhancement: TZ05098 - Implement updates and enhancements for OUTFIL OUTPUT EMAIL processing
Fix: TZ04930 – Correct PTF TZ04809 to display the WER578I Message indicating the Sort Accelerator is not applicable for COPY and MERGE Applications
Fix: TZ04048 - MFX applications encounter ABEND16D after applying MFX 3.1 TPF3 maintenance or PTF TZ03854
Install New License Keys Using Key Data Set (KEYUPDATE)
Fix: TZ05841 - ABEND 0FF W Occurs in a MAXSORT Application
Fix: TZ04785 - Create a SYNCMAC User Option SCOS=(258) to disable the MODIFY operator command feature packaged in MFX 3.1.4.0.
Fix: TZ04507 - An ABEND0C4 occurs in a ZPSaver JOIN application after applying MFX 3.1 TPF3 or PTF TZ03680
Fix: TZ04559 - A WER153A message occurs in a multi-OUTFIL application with PTF TZ03770 applied.
Fix: TZ05383 - An ABEND0C4 Occurs in a JOIN Application After Applying PTF TZ04878
Enhancement: TZ05129 -Turn Off Authorization and ZPSaver If There are Any Non-APF Authorized MODS EXITs
z/OS 2.3 Compatibility
Enhancement: TZ03950 - Improve Performance for Encrypted Output Files
Enhancement: TZ04542 - Support PARMs in PARMLIB for specifying SYNCMAC Installation Options
Enhancement: TZ04662 Internal Serviceability Change
Fix: TZ05880 - Internal Serviceability Change
Fix: TZ05405 - Abend Syncsort 8D1 W or 8D2 W Occurs in JOIN Application After Applying TZ05383
Fix: TZ05456 - An ABEND8D2W may occur in a JOIN application after applying PTF TZ05424
Enhancement: TZ04480 - Update Management of JAVA Functions
TZ04367: An ABEND0C4 in QKC1ZPNG or internal ABEND8EDU-0C4 or ABEND294W occur with VSAM SORTIN, an INCLUDE or OMIT statement, RECORD statement TYPE=V specified and TZ03077 applied
MFX R3.1 - TPF2 Maintenance Package Contents
Fix: TZ05424 - A JOIN Application May Result in Incorrect Output With Excess Records After Applying TZ04878
Enhancement: TZ05154 - Internal Serviceability Change
Enhancement: TZ04396 - Critical error WER268A or PARM FIELD ERROR with OPTION ZSORT or NOZSORT or run-time PARM ZSORT or NOZSORT specified.
Enhancement: TZ03602 - Unicode Support.
MFX R3.1 - TPF1 Maintenance Package Contents
Enhancement: TZ04719 - Internal Serviceability Change
Fix: TZ04455 - ABEND913 after applying PTF TZ03488
Enhancement: TZ04522 – Include SORTWORK Extent Information in the MFX SMF Record.
MFX R2.1 TPF5 Maintenance Package Contents
TZ04977: "Allow an MFX runtime PARM VSCORET override in the JNFxPARM DD to be honored in a JOIN application to address a WER153A critical error in a JOIN sort task"
JVMJBL2008E, WER502A - MFX 2.1 Install HFS Library - SS21TST2
Fix: TZ04759 - Critical Error WER488A or ABEND878 May Occur in a JOIN Application with PTF TZ04573 Applied.
Enhancement: TZ03923 - Java wrapper support
Enhancement: TZ05264 - Create Two New SCOs to Allow Two Additional Alternate Parameter DD Names
CEE3501S, ABEND4039U, ABEND4038U - SS21TST2 and SS31TST2 IVP
Enhancement: TZ03770 - Support DFSMS encrypted basic and large datasets
Enhancement: TZ05227 - Support Added for Enhanced Debug Information
z/OS 2.2 Compatibility
Fix: TZ04145 - Improve the MODIFY command DEBUG processing with TZ03488 applied.
MFX R2.1 TPF9 Maintenance Package Contents
Fix: TZ05847 - An Abend 222 Occurs in a ZPSaver JOIN Application After PTF TZ05326 is Applied
Reassigning SYNCGENR/IEBGENER aliases - MFX 2.1 or higher BetterGener Implementation
Enhancement: TZ04970 - Extend the scope of IBM Integrated Accelerator for Z Sort Use Cases
Fix: TZ05153 - An ABEND3ABW may occur in a SAS Invoked SORT on TPF 5 or with PTF TZ03806 applied
Fix: TZ04244 - A WER039A critical error or ABEND0C1 occurs in an IMS program invoked sort such as PGM=DFSRRC00 or PGM=HFPMAIN0 using MFX 3.1 TPF 3.
Fix: TZ04568 - Internal ABEND 2285 U or system ABEND S0D3-13 may occur for an OUTFIL dataset which contains no data records.
Fix: TZ04573 – In rare circumstances a JOIN application may produce incorrect output in the form of missing records.
Fix: TZ04779 - An ABEND0C2 S may occur for PROC SYNCSORT
Fix: TZ04968 - The WER578I message contains excess characters appearing at the end of the message
Fix: TZ06084 – A SYNCTOOL Application With the SELECT Operand was Incorrectly Excluded from zIIP Processing
Fix: TZ05871 - Special Customization SCO 271 - Lower Minimum Size for Buffers to be Moved Above the Bar
No WER054I REC IN/OUT Message (COPY, Variable-Length Data, MFX 2.1 or higher SCO030 Not Enabled); VLCOPY=CNT Parm
TY03456
Fix: TZ05710 - An Abend 522 Occurs in a ZPSaver JOIN Application with a SORTJNFx VSAM Dataset After PTF TZ05326 is Applied
Place MFX SYNCLINK Library Ahead of SYS1.LINKLIB: MFX 2.1 and MFX 3.1 BetterGener Activation
Fix: TZ05962 - Secondary Internal Abend 3A9 W Loop May Occur After a Primary Abend
Fix: TZ04748 – Large JOIN Application Experiencing Prolonged Execution Time or WER046A SORT CAPACITY EXCEEDED Error with MFX 3.1
Fix: TZ05032 - A WER171A critical error occurs in a SYNCGENR application with SCO216 applied
Fix: TZ05519 - An Abend 0C4 Occurs in MFX TPF3 With VBS Format SORTIN Datasets and OUTREC Specified
Fix: TZ05601 - A JOIN Application Creates More Output Records Than Expected After PTF TZ05529 is Applied.
Fix: TZ04525 - Missing data for an SMS managed multi-volume dataset with zero primary space allocated on volume one.
Fix: TZ05529 - WER039A with Many JOIN Fields and RECFM=V/VB/VBS and PTF TZ05424 applied
Fix: TZ05475 - Inconsistent Output Due to a JOIN Compare Issue for Fields Longer than 256 Bytes and RECFM=F/FB After Apply of TZ04878
Fix: TZ05560 - A WER039A Occurs In A JOIN Application With SORTJNF1 and SORTJNF2 Compressed Striped Datasets
Fix: TZ04672 - Critical Error WER153A or Internal ABEND ABEND6DCW Occurs in a Multi-OUTFIL Application With PTF TZ04559 Applied.
Downloads
Syncsort MFX contains self-service downloads within Precisely Data Experience for user accounts with active entitlements:
For more details, please see the Precisely Data Experience user guide.
- Go to Precisely Data Experience.
- Select My Software Products. You may be prompted for a login if not already authenticated.
- Select on the product to download. Product naming conventions may slightly differ and other products may also display.
- Once within a product, the latest version will be displayed by default and older versions can be selected via the Release dropdown.
- Select any product file to download.
For more details, please see the Precisely Data Experience user guide.
Licenses
Syncsort MFX does not currently offer self-service license keys. Please raise a case via the Customer portal or Partner portal for Syncsort MFX license requests.
