What is the current fix level for "Rational Cobol Runtime for MVS" using RBD v.9.0 and generating to z/OS ?

Please provide link to the EGL Community or similar

TIA

Morten Hansen, IBM Denmark

Morten,

Please use this link for the list of all fixes/fixacks for RBD. This includes a tab for the "zSeries PTF List" which is the list of PTFs for the Rational COBOL Runtime for zSeries. 

http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg27024554

when you look at the list, you should just apply all of them.   While there are "fixpack" numbers beside each PTF, this is just when we tested them.   The fixes apply to any level of RBD.

Note that UK92032 is REQUIRED once you are trying execute COBOL generated with 8.0.1.5, 8.5.1.1, or 9.0.  There was a change in the generated COBOL to call out to new runtime modules (ELACOMB - batch/IMS,  ELACOMC - CICS) and this PTF supplies the new modules.

Note2... this change was also made in the COBOL that targets the IBM i.   The new runtime module used there is named VGNCOIB and is supplied with the QEGL that is shipped each release/fixpack within the RBD plugins.  See the doc on how to upload and restore QEGL.

Hi Mark..

Is this UK92032  required when we are trying to execute cobol cics code generated with RBD V9.1.0.

As part of cobol compiler migration, when we are testing a CICS program, we are facing ELAE abend for ELACOMC module in UAT environment and the same is working fine in Development region.

In our systems, ELACOMC  module has PTF UK79313(last compiled in the year 2013). Please find the error log in the attachment.

Yes, any version greater than or equal to 8.0.1.5, 8.5.1.1, or 9.0 would require at least UK92032. I would suggest going to the most recent PTF level UI33732, as there have been improvements to the runtime as well as some memory leaks plugged.

The ELAE abend can be caused if ELACOMC is not found. There are other reasons too, but it is a required RBD runtime module.