Description:
The output from the $REALTIMER utility will exceed 15 decimal digits,  8 bytes packed, in September 2011.  In order to accommodate this fact $REALTIMER for TIBCO Object Service Broker for z/OS has been modified in the following product releases and maintenance for z/OS:

  * the GA version of TIBCO Object Service Broker for z/OS   5.2.0,  
  * Hotfix12 for TIBCO Object Service Broker for z/OS 5.0  
  * PSP bucket 15 for TIBCO ObjectStar for z/OS 4.1

to produce a 31 decimal digit, 16 byte packed output field.

This may have significant implications for some customers who store $REALTIMER values in tables:

  * If the difference between two $REALTIMER values are stored in tables there should be no impact.

  * If full $REALTIMER values are stored then the length of the fields will need to be increased to at least 9 bytes before September 2011. The length of non-key fields can simply be increased in the table definition.

  * Tables where $REALTIMER values are part of the primary key will need to be unloaded, cleared, changed and reloaded.

  * Tables where $REALTIMER values are part of a secondary key will need the secondary key to be removed before the change and then rebuilt.

Delivered Maintenance:
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For customers using TIBCO Object Service Broker for z/OS, refer to the following maintenance which upgrades the Screen and Report Definer to support larger field sizes for packed and binary numbers as well as offline utilities:

5.2 -LBN1-C3K6I4 TIBCO(R) Object Service Broker for z/OS 5.2.0 Hotfix 06 is now available.
5.0 -LBN1-C3L0JI Hotfix 18 for TIBCO(R) Object Service Broker for z/OS 5.0.0 is now available.

History:
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April 26, 2010 -LBN1-ARXBRV issued.
July 8, 2011 -information regarding LBN1-C3K6I4 and LBN1-C3L0JI added.
Symptoms:

Cause:

Output from the $REALTIMER utility will exceed the capacity of an 8 byte packed field in September 2011.