Joining to a Two Gigabyte or Larger Flat File Abend on z/OS

Joining to a Two Gigabyte or Larger Flat File Abend on z/OS

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Article ID: KB0071444

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Products Versions
ibi FOCUS 7.7.09 and higher

Description

In ibi™ FOCUS® Release 7.7.09 and higher, joining from a HOLD file to a flat file greater than two gigabytes may result in an IBM Heap corruption memory error, causing an abend. 

This issue only applies to 64-bit versions of FOCUS®, Release 7.7.09 and higher, on z/OS 2.4 and z/OS 2.5 operating systems. 

 

Environment

ibi™ FOCUS® on z/OS

Resolution

According to IBM, a permanent APAR is planned to be released on 06/22/2023:

APAR PH52884: https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/apar/PH52884

Note: To access the APAR, contact your IBM system administrator in order to download and install the APAR.

Issue/Introduction

This KnowledgeBase article describes the resolution for the IBM Heap corruption memory error when joining to a two gigabyte or larger flat file on z/OS.