Here is the March list of New & Updated CA Gen Knowledge Base Articles (March 1-31). Please note that this month contains several updates to existing articles due to broken links found (mainly related to the docops.ca.com to techdocs.broadcom.com transition).
The full list of KB articles can be found from the CA Gen Product Information page here: https://support.broadcom.com/mainframe-software/product-page.html?productName=CA Gen.At the bottom of section "Knowledge Base Articles" click on the link for "See All Articles" and on the next page in the "Sort by" drop-down choose "Date (Newest)"
Can multiple codepages be referenced in one transaction?
Tue Mar 31 2020...One transaction cannot reference two codepages. This would require two transactions and a modificati How can UNIX or Linux based transactions reference two different input code pages? Release: Gen 8.5 and 8.6 Component: Implementation Toolset (Unix and Linux)
CA Gen 8.6 support for OpenJDK
Mon Mar 30 2020..."Gen 8.6 Complete" was released in August 2019 where the Java runtime provided for use wit CA Gen EDGE Community - Oracle Java licensing The Technical Requirements for CA Gen 8.6 state that Oracle Java Development Kit (JDK) 1.8 or 11 mu Release : CA Gen 8.6 Component: Generated applications for Java
Upgrade CA Gen 8.0 Windows SQL Server CSE to 8.6 gives "Error 1" when running checkpswdcol.sql
Mon Mar 30 2020...The SQL script C:\Program Files (x86)\CA\Gen86\CSE\cse_msqls\checkpswdcol.sql checks the data type f It therefore appears that the call to C:\Program Files (x86)\CA\Gen86\CSE\cse_msqls\checkpswdcol.sql Upgrading Gen 8.0 CSE to 8.6 using Gen 8.6 CSE Configuration utility cse_config.exe Have chosen both Release : 8.6 Component : CA Gen Client Server Encyclopedia
CA Gen 8.6 Java web/EJB application builds using Oracle Java 11 and JBoss EAP 7.2
Mon Mar 30 2020...Jboss 7.2 EAP: Configure JBoss to set system property java.locale.providers with locale values of CO CA GEN 8.6 > Technical Requirements > Third-Party Software Version - see "Compilers" Gen 8.6 PTFs RTJ86109 and BTN86117 provided support for building Java web/EJB applications with Release: CA Gen 8.6 Component: Java generated applications and runtime
Gen 8.6 Windows SQL Server CSE configuration completes successfully but loadschema.log shows errors
Mon Mar 30 2020...The script "C:\Program Files (x86)\CA\Gen86\CSE\cse_msqls\loadschema.cmd" is using the Dat After changing the Encyclopedia DSN to match the Database Name the problem was resolved on the next The DSN matching Database Name requirement is documented here under "Create Microsoft SQL Serve Using default SQL Server instance, the CA Gen 8.6 Windows SQL Server CSE Configuration utility (cse_ Release : 8.6 Component : CA Gen Client Server Encyclopedia
How to identify the version of a CA Gen Proxy
Mon Mar 30 2020...In older versions of Gen (8.5 and earlier) the runtime libraries have versioning in their names, so NOTE: In Gen 8.6 the runtime versioning has been removed. CA GEN 8.6 > Release Notes > CA Gen In the process of upgrading CA Gen 8.0 to CA Gen 8.6 we also have various (older) versions of Gen pr Release: Gen 6.5 and later Component: Proxies
CA Gen 8.6 COM Proxy deployment possible operation errors
Mon Mar 30 2020...1. HTTP Error 404.3 - Not Found The page you are requesting cannot be served because of the extensio Related KB Article Id 44954: CA Gen 8.6 GUI and COM Proxy Deployment CA GEN 8.6 > Distributed Pro This article describes the root cause of some errors that may be encountered when executing a COM Pr Release : 8.6 Component : CA Gen Run Time, Proxies
After upgrade to CA Gen 8.6 the Comms Bridge crashes for a high number of connections
Mon Mar 30 2020...In Gen 8.5 the maximum size of the Common Format Buffer (CFB) used for Gen client/server view d If the large CFB feature is not required to be used Gen 8.5 Comms Bridge PTFs CCN85001/RO68926 After upgrade to CA Gen 8.6 the Comms Bridge crashes during a stress test for a large number of conn Release: 8.6 Component: CA Gen Communications Bridge
CA Gen 8.6 Linux IT load module build fails with "make: .../nnnnnn.i: No such file or directory"
Mon Mar 30 2020...The initial load module build error was due to not having the GNU C compiler installed. Resolved original error by installing the GNU C compiler using command: yum install gcc Then encount CA GEN 8.6 > Technical Requirements >Third-Party Software Version - See Compilers CA GEN 8.6 & New Gen 8.6 Linux IT install (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6) Build of simple cooperative server fails Release : Gen 8.6 Component : CA Gen Build Tool on Linux.
How to determine compiler options?
Fri Mar 27 2020...Guidance Create a LISTINGS dataset and do an install or review an existing compile listings. The compile opti Please assist in determining the compiler options that Gen Host Ency uses. Release : 8.5 Component : CA Gen Host Encyclopedia
CSU-Error bad state detected.
Fri Mar 27 2020...Clicking on the 'Implement in C, C# and Java with decimal precision' for the changed attri Get the following error when flowing from a windows GUI application to a mainframe server: "CSU
RDWT: cannot read control file for data code -111
Fri Mar 27 2020...The error means the ief0000.dat file was corrupted and cannot be repaired. The only recourse is to g When opening a model with the CA Gen Toolset, the following error occurs. RDWT: cannot read control
Gen 8.6 Host Encyclopedia session allocations
Fri Mar 27 2020...For this error when entering the Gen Host Encyclopedia, check your session allocations by entering t When attempt to enter Gen Host Encyclopedia get the message: "PARAMETER FILE ERROR.000". Release : 8.6 Component : CA Gen Host Encyclopedia
CA Gen linking Oracle generated code gives "error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol _sqlcxt"
Thu Mar 26 2020...The root cause was that the Build Tool OPTIONS token for OPT.BITS was still set to the default of 32 After setting Build Tool profile OPTIONS token OPT.BITS to 64 the link was successful. CA GEN 8.6 > Developing > Working with Build Tool (see section "64-bit Windows Support&qu Targeting Oracle 18c 64--bit database and 64-bit precompiler to build sample model cooperative CASCA Release : 8.6 Component : CA Gen Build Tool
CA Gen Host Encyclopedia model/subset download fails with "TIEDOWNX, ABEND SB37"
Thu Mar 26 2020...SB37 indicates a space problem. The model/subset download process (clist IEFDOWN or IEFDOWW) us Get the DCB info for <tsoid>.IEF.TRAN, delete it, and then reallocate it as a larger permanen CA Gen 8.6 documentation > Encyclopedia > Host Encyclopedia > Using the Host Encyclopedia & While downloading/checking out a subset from the CA Gen Host Encyclopedia receiving error: TIED Release :Release : ANY Component : CA Gen Host Encyclopedia
CA Gen CSE Clients fail to connect to Windows Oracle CSE with MDEXI0084E
Thu Mar 26 2020...The Gen Windows/Oracle CSE is 32-bit software and requires the 32-bit Oracle 12c client to be i Locate the Oracle 32-bit client directory on the server and add it's bin directory to the front CA GEN 8.6 > Technical Requirements > Development Platform Environments - see CSE & Host E Using a Gen 8.6 Windows Oracle CSE the message "MDEXI0084E Cannot connect to MD at this time. T CA Gen 8.6 Windows/Oracle CSE
CSE Client Server Encyclopedia Reports are blank
Wed Mar 25 2020...The CSE Client Icon properties for "Start in" is the default location where all the CSE Re Modify the CSE Client Icon properties for "Start in" to be %userprofile% and the error is When creating CSE Reports from any CSE Client, the result is an empty notepad. The message flow is
Abend 4092 on return flow using ECI v1
Wed Mar 25 2020...Customer was running ECI v1 which does not support view flows greater than 32K. Gen development has Experiencing an issue running an online CICS server getting a 4092 error. A group view is defined Release : 8.6 Component : CA Gen Build Tool, CA Gen Runtime Distributed, CA Gen Host Encyclopedia
Oracle 12C support for Build Tool
Tue Mar 24 2020...Rebuild the TIORADDL.EXE with Oracle 12c 32 bit client. If using Visual Studio 2010, the directory In the process of upgrading from CA GEN 8.0 to 8.5 and unable to get the Build Tool to recognize Ora
.NET Proxy User Exit TCPIPDynamicCoopFlowExit.cs
Fri Mar 20 2020...The Retry for condition connection reset by peer (10054) occurs when the server starts successfully The errors that are captured in the exit are difficult to test. To validate that the exit is working
CA Gen toolset checkout shows error "Memory corruption in model, cannot complete request."
Thu Mar 19 2020...This message does not represent an actual model corruption, rather a memory error reported by the To The fix for problem CGTS/1498 made in 8.5 PTF TSN85028/RO91356 and 8.6 PTF TSN86002/R CA GEN 8.5 > Reference > Messages > Toolset Messages > The model variable may have been When attempting to checkout a copy of a complete read only model user receives message in Error dial CA Gen Toolset CA Gen 8.5, 8.6
CA Gen Toolset error "The version of the checkout.trn file is incompatible with this Toolset ..."
Thu Mar 19 2020...Normally the message should have this syntax: The version of the checkout.trn file is incompatible w In this case the checkout.trn file had been inadvertently corrupted by transferring from the Encyclo Gen 8.6 documentation: Reference > Messages > Toolset Messages > Bad CHECKOUT.TRN File Vers When try to open a model checkout.trn file in CA Gen 8.6 Workstation Toolset receive error: The vers Release: Any Component: CA Gen Workstation Toolset
CA Gen Transaction Enabler (aefad/aefuf) processing limits
Thu Mar 19 2020...Connection Limitations for aefad NOTE: Full details of the aefad including all start-up options (" CA Gen Transaction Enabler: CA GEN 8.6 > Distributed Processing > Middleware > Transaction This article aims to help understanding of the limits on users and applications that can be supporte Release: CA Gen 8.5, 8.6 Component: Transaction Enabler
Gen 8.6 Java Proxy sample JSP fails lookup for EJB on JBoss EAP 7.1 (EJBCLIENT000062)
Thu Mar 19 2020...Root cause was found to be that the EJB dpy jar file had not been deployed with the sample Java Prox 1. Using Windows Explorer go to directory containing the EJB dpy file i.e. ...\cstest.ief\java\class Distributed Processing > Working With Proxies > Java Proxy > Executing the Sample Java Prox Gen 8.6 PTFs for JBoss EAP 7.1 support installed. Gen 8.6 EJB SVR1 for PStep Server1 is already depl Release : 8.6 Component : CA Gen 8.6 Java Proxy calling EJB
CA Gen screen generator using Enhanced map gives exception GBEX_NO_MEMORY
Thu Mar 19 2020...The exception occurred when using the Enhanced map screen generation option which can sometimes enco Change map option to Standard for the screen generation. The current installation default option whi Also see related KB article: How to set Screen Map option in CA Gen Toolset or CSE generation for a Using CA Gen Host Encyclopedia "Application system construction" when try to generate an I Release: 8.x Component: z/OS Host Encyclopedia
Microsoft Test Container
Thu Mar 19 2020...Microsoft Test Container The Gen Technical Requirements has the following statement of support in th In Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 and previous releases, Microsoft released its Test Container as an e
CA Gen 8.6 Call External wsdl import gives error "An item with the same key has already been added."
Tue Mar 17 2020...The wsdl file being imported defines 2 complex types with the same name "ProgramInterface" Workaround: In the wsdl file rename the 2nd complex type to "ProgramInterface1" to allow t CA GEN 8.6 > Developing > Designing > Using the Toolset > Working with Toolset > Use CA Gen 8.6 Action Diagram function "Call External" for SOAP web service consumption shows Release : 8.6 Complete Component : CA Gen Workstation Toolset
Window Design Issue
Wed Mar 11 2020...To delete the SLD menu item by doing the following. 1. Turn on the Common Edit Modifications (CEM) I am running into a problem where I deleted an item from the Menu Design Window in Gen Toolset but i
CA Gen CSE Model Upload Error "TIMESTAMPDATETIME could not be found in table"
Tue Mar 10 2020...The timestampdatetime function was first added in Gen 8.6 IR1 (Windows PTF IRN86100/RS94237) an Installed the Windows PTF for Gen 8.6 Complete (WKS86200/SO09618) on the new CSE to resolve the Just created a new CSE running: Windows Server 2016 Oracle Database 12c Enterprise Edition Release 1 Release : 8.6 Component : CA Gen Client Server Encyclopedia
CA Gen Toolset and Build Tool using Visual Studio
Tue Mar 10 2020...Verify that the User ID used to start the Gen Toolset has the authority to run Microsoft's &quo The Gen Toolset and the Build Tool will run the VS2008 "%VS90COMNTOOLS%\vsvars32.bat", VS2
CA Gen client/server applications support for Kerberos authentication
Mon Mar 09 2020...CA Gen client server applications have no direct support for Kerberos authentication but can indirec Gen 8.6 > Developing > Designing > Designing Client-Server Applications > Security in Cl Can CA Gen client/server applications support Kerberos authentication? CA Gen 8.5, 8.6 client server applications
Blank procedure steps in Toolset after checked out subset
Mon Mar 09 2020...The reason why procedure is not showing in the list of Action Diagrams, is because first the correct We are using CA gen 8.5, after successfully checked out subset, Click 'Diagrams' -> &# Release : 8.5 Component : CA Gen Workstation Toolset
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Lynn Williams
Senior Principal Support Engineer
Broadcom
Australia
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