Last Updated: 9 October 2020


z/VM CP and CMS APARs Released Between 7.1 GA and 7.2 GA


When a new z/VM release is delivered, the approach is that all service from the previous release will either be in the base of the new release or available as a fix to the new release. Since time is required to process the deliverable, the cutoff date for service that can be included in the base of the new release is weeks prior to the new release General Availability date.

Therefore, there are a small number of PTFs released on z/VM 7.1 prior to z/VM 7.2 GA (September 18, 2020) that were not included in the z/VM 7.2 base product. There are some resources to help you. The first table below is the list of APARs that are in the base of z/VM 7.2 and do not need to be applied separately. The second table shows the list of APARs where fixes were available prior to the GA date, but were NOT included in the base of z/VM 7.2. This table does not contain APARs closed after the General Availability date of z/VM 7.2 (September 18, 2020). A third table has been added that lists APARs required for specific z/VM 7.2 function.

The recommendation is you examine your current service for z/VM 7.1 and any service that is in table 1 below, you can ignore because it is already in the base of z/VM 7.2. Any z/VM 7.1 service you have in table 2, you'll need to pick up the z/VM 7.2 PTF. Any service you have applied to z/VM 7.1 that is not in either table is more recent, and you'll need to pick up the appropriate z/VM 7.2 PTF.

Please note that APAR VM66284 for z/VM 7.1 has a different APAR number for z/VM 7.2, APAR VM66437 was created to include the fix with 7.2. All the rest have the same APAR number in both z/VM 7.1 and 7.2.

For a full list of all APARs in the z/VM 7.2 base at GA please refer to the specific program directory for the product or component you are looking for.

For CP APARs, the CP4ZVM72 tool can help identify APARs on your z/VM 7.1 system that are not in the base of z/VM 7.2.


TABLE 1: z/VM APARs included in z/VM 7.2 base product

TABLE 1: A list of APARs included in the z/VM 7.2 base
Component APAR APAR name Date closed Comment
CP VM66176 IMPROVE CPU TIME FOR DUMP PROCESSING September 12, 2018
CP VM66180 ADAPTER FOR NVME ON IBM LINUXONE SERVERS SUPPORT October 31, 2018
CP VM66184 HTT001 IN HCPDSB DURING SNAPDUMP PROCESSING July 18, 2018
CP VM66185 INSTUPGR STAGE2 (PRIME COMMAND PRODUCES FPLRVR238E July 17, 2018
CP VM66187 ABENDASR001 DURING IPL IF LPAR HAS > 64 CPUS July 19, 2018
CP VM66190 HCPSVI6431E RECEIVED DURING DASD MAINTENANCE August 21, 2018
CP VM66191 ACTIVATE IODF FAILS WITH CBDD806I FOR CL5 CHPID TYPES July 27, 2018
CP VM66192 FCALATEN FIELD INCORRECT IN FCP MONITOR RECORDS August 14, 2018
CP VM66195 QUERY MT INITIAL CAN CAUSE SYSTEM HANG September 25, 2018
CP VM66196 ABENDFRE016 ABENDLCK003 AND OTHERS DUE TO OVERLAY November 15, 2018
CP VM66197 ABENDXLK001 ISSUING DIAGNOSE E4 FUNCTION 3 September 19, 2018
CP VM66203 INCONSISTENT GUEST LIST PCI FUNCTIONS RESPONSES September 26, 2018
CP VM66206 AP CRYPTO MESSAGES MAY BE LOST ON RELOCATION April 1, 2019
CP VM66209 SYSTEM HANG CAN OCCUR WITH MD CACHING ON October 4, 2018
CP VM66210 PEVM65897 HCPIOJ6429E NOT ISSUED TO USERS CONSOLE 18/10/16 PTF PECHANGE October 30, 2018
CP VM66213 HANGS DUE TO SUMMARY UNIT CHECK AND DEADLOCK November 27, 2018
CP VM66218 SOFT ABEND DUMPS HAVE PAGES MISSING July 23, 2019
CP VM66219 VSWITCH PRIORITY QUEUING May 14, 2019
CP VM66221 ABENDSYN002 PROCESSING MONITOR RECORD FOR EDEV December 3, 2018
CP VM66224 QUERY VIRTUAL LINKS FROM SSI MEMBER COULD CAUSE SYSTEM HANG November 15, 2018
CP VM66231 HYPERSWAP DUE TO CC3 ON ONE PATH FOR MULTI-PATH DEVICE December 5, 2018
CP VM66233 PEVM66210 ABENDHTT001 DURING HYPERSWAP QUIESCE December 19, 2018
CP VM66235 SSI CLUSTER NOT STABLE December 12, 2018
CP VM66236 NON CHPIDV GUEST RSTA CCW CAUSES SSI BROADCAST June 10, 2019
CP VM66237 HYPERPAV ERROR RECOVERY ON PAC X'00' January 2, 2019
CP VM66242 IBM FIBRE CHANNEL ENDPOINT SECURITY SUPPORT March 19, 2020
CP VM66243 ABENDHTT001 IN PPRC SUSPEND SUMMARY UNIT CHECK RECOVERY March 14, 2019
CP VM66244 ABENDPRG004 DURING DETACH OF HYPERPAV BASE DEVICE September 15, 2019
CP VM66245 PEVM66221 ABENDSYN002 AT HCPSYN+48A January 28, 2019
CP VM66246 ABENDLCK001 DURING SUMMARY UNIT CHECK PROCESSING March 1, 2019
CP VM66247 REMOVING ALL EDEV PATHS FROM FCP DEVICE RESULTS IN ERRORS September 26, 2019
CP VM66248 Z/VM SUPPORT FOR IBM Z15 AND LINUXONE III SERVERS September 19, 2019
CP VM66249 ALLOW DEVICE RANGE ON DEFINE HYPERPAVALIAS AND PAVALIAS February 8, 2019
CP VM66254 USER HANG DUE TO LOST PAGING READ/WRITE February 27, 2019
CP VM66258 ABENDLDD003 SOFT ABEND DIAGNOSE X'7C' PRESENT July 8, 2019
CP VM66261 HYPERSWAP SWAP OFFSEC OPERAND TO DO A REAL VARY OFFLINE March 29, 2019
CP VM66263 EXTENDED ADDRESS VOLUMES (EAV) PAGING ENHANCEMENTS June 19, 2019
CP VM66264 HUNG USERS/SYSTEM May 9, 2019
CP VM66265 Z/VM SUPPORT FOR 80 LOGICAL PROCESSORS July 30, 2019
CP VM66266 DYNAMIC CRYPTO SUPPORT September 19, 2019
CP VM66267 Z/OS GUEST FLASHCOPY FAILS RUNNING SDM May 9, 2019
CP VM66280 VSWITCH OSA RDEV BLOCKED WITH POSSIBLE ABEND MCW002 OR MPC008 September 27, 2019
CP VM66282 VARY ON OF EDEV TAKING LONGER THAN 10 SECONDS PER PATH May 14, 2019
CP VM66283 Z/VM SYSTEM RECOVERY BOOST FOR IBM Z15, D/T8561 September 19, 2019
CP VM66287 TERM PRECEDENCE STARMSG DOES NOT WORK WITH VMCONIO December 9, 2019
CP VM66288 CPFMTXA SUPPORT FOR MORE EFFICIENT ECKD MINIDISK DATA ERASE December 2, 2019
CP VM66295 PRG004 AFTER MANUAL LEAP SECOND CHANGE ON THE HMC October 14, 2019
CP VM66299 NVME ERROR REPORTING TOOL SUPPORT December 13, 2019
CP VM66300 HTT001 HARD ABEND SETTING ISOLATION OFF FOR VSWITCH August 12, 2019
CP VM66301 CP SAVE AREA MISUSE July 29, 2019
CP VM66302 VIRTUAL SWITCH CORRECTIVE SERVICE AND ENHANCEMENTS September 26, 2019
CP VM66304 PEVM66095 ABENDPRG004 AFTER DECONFIGURING AN FCP CHPID July 17, 2019
CP VM66305 SECURITY APAR March 12, 2019
CP VM66306 CHPIDV GUEST HANG AFTER FICON RESET NOTIFICATION September 5, 2019
CP VM66308 ISFC CORRECTIVE SERVICE September 27, 2019
CP VM66309 IMPROVED FICON CHPID RECOVERY FOR Z/VM GUESTS June 11, 2020
CP VM66314 UNEXPECTED RETURN CODE FROM XAUTOLOG COMMAND October 7, 2019
CP VM66316 INPUT REGISTER NOT LOADED FOR BLOCK DIAGNOSE I/O ON EAV DEVICE September 3, 2019
CP VM66317 ADDRESSING I/O ERRORS FOR Q DASD SPACE-EFFICIENT August 26, 2019
CP VM66319 PEVM66301 SYSTEM HANG WITH EDEVS OR PAGING63 PARM September 18, 2019
CP VM66321 HTT001 1ST LEVEL ON Z15 (D/T8561) WHEN SAD TO SCSI 2ND LVL October 2, 2019
CP VM66323 LOSS OF CONTROL IN MEM INIT WITH >64 CPUS September 27, 2019
CP VM66324 FOUNDATIONAL SUPPORT FOR MULTIFACTOR AUTHENTICATION December 4, 2019
CP VM66325 ABENDHTT001 DURING VMRELOCATE WITH ACTIVE I/O October 7, 2019
CP VM66326 PSF CCW WITH SUBORDER '46' ISSUED TO PAV ALIAS December 13, 2019
CP VM66327 ABENDHTT001 WITH LOCALLY-ATTACHED 3270-TYPE DISPLAY October 21, 2019
CP VM66329 STHYI SUPPORT FOR Z/OS ZCX CONTAINERS December 4, 2019
CP VM66330 HUNG SYSTEM WHILE USING *VMEVENT October 16, 2019
CP VM66332 STAND ALONE DUMP FROM SCSI MAY FAIL ON Z15 February 13, 2020
CP VM66334 ISFC CORRECTIVE SERVICE December 4, 2019
CP VM66340 SET FILE MASK CCW UNDER Z/VSE TRANSLATED INCORRECTLY December 20, 2019
CP VM66342 PEVM66098 LINUX QUERY FOR ESE VOLUME FUNCTION FAILS 19/11/09 PTF PECHANGE April 1, 2020
CP VM66343 HCPNFC2459E ISSUED WITH FLASHCOPY SAVELABEL June 17, 2020
CP VM66350 SUMMARY UNIT CHECK PROCESSING RECOVERY STALLS February 4, 2020
CP VM66351 ABENDLCK001 DURING SHUTDOWN January 15, 2020
CP VM66353 UNABLE TO INITIALIZE VALID EDEVICE PATHS February 11, 2020
CP VM66356 PEVM66244 ACTIVE HYPERPAV ALIAS DETACH ALLOWED February 4, 2020
CP VM66357 VSWITCH DEADLOCK AFTER A SERIES OF CONTROLLER STALLS March 10, 2020
CP VM66359 ABENDPRG004 IN HCPLCK+53A FROM HCPIQR March 11, 2020
CP VM66360 HANG LOGICAL DEVICE HOST AFTER DIAG 7C TERMINATE February 26, 2020
CP VM66363 ABEND SXA004 DUE TO REQUESTS FROM NDQ+132E AND NDQ+134E February 20, 2020
CP VM66364 APVIRT CRYPTO MESSAGE MONITORING April 27, 2020
CP VM66368 ABENDFRE016 WHEN RELEASING A IORBK April 15, 2020
CP VM66369 LINUX FILE SYSTEM GOES R/O AFTER AFTER PLANNED HYPERSWAP May 8, 2020
CP VM66383 GUEST STUCK IN LOGOFF/FORCE PENDING DUE TO HUNG I/O May 28, 2020
CP VM66388 CU DASD SYSTEM CONFIGURATION FILE STATEMENT PROBLEMS June 12, 2020
CP VM66389 ABENDPRG001 AFTER SIGNAL SHUTDOWN June 1, 2020
CMS VM66167 ESM AUTHORIZATION AND AUDITING OF SMAPI REQUESTS September 24, 2018
CMS VM66179 IOCP UPDATE October 2, 2018
CMS VM66199 STANDALONE DUMP FAILS IF LPAR HAS MORE THAN 40 CPUS December 4, 2018
CMS VM66200 UPDATES FOR SMAPI FOR Z/VM 7.1.0 September 19, 2018
CMS VM66238 WAKEUP (IUCVMSG CAN WRONGLY TRUNCATE DMSCYW2245I January 9, 2019
CMS VM66240 IOCP UPDATE September 12, 2019
CMS VM66253 Security Apar
CMS VM66255 SMAPI REQUEST NUMBERS IN ERROR IF DIRMAINT TIMES OUT February 22, 2019
CMS VM66262 DIRMAP GAPFILE AND UNSORT OUTPUT FILES INCORRECT May 15, 2019
CMS VM66276 Security APAR
CMS VM66279 BPXYSOCK MACRO CONTAINS DUPLICATE LABELS April 23, 2019
CMS VM66294
CMS VM66296 STANDALONE DUMP SUPPORT FOR 80 LOGICAL PROCESSORS July 31, 2019
CMS VM66297 CMS DOCUMENTATION UPDATE FOR EAV PAGING SUPPORT June 19, 2019
CMS VM66310 PIPES TOD CLOCK CONVERSION SPEC C2T T2C INCORRECT IN LEAP YEARS August 5, 2019
CMS VM66312 Security APAR
CMS VM66315 SMAPI RESTARTS NOT ALWAYS REPORTED TO ADMINISTRATOR August 15, 2019
CMS VM66335 Secutiry APAR
CMS VM66336 PIPES WITH SPEC STAGE MAY RESULT IN ASSERT FAILURE 182 IN LOADSPAC IN FPLSPS December 3, 2019
CMS VM66339 UNEXPECTED DIRMAINT ERROR CAN CAUSE SMAPI TIMEOUT February 19, 2020
CMS VM66344 SMAPI WORKER SERVER STOPS ON INVALID DATA RECEPTION December 12, 2019
CMS VM66348 CMS CHANGES IN SUPPORT OF TCP/IP APAR PH18435 May 27, 2020
CMS VM66352 PIPES MAY FAIL IN STARMSG DURING TERMINATION OF THE PIPELINE January 16, 2020
CMS VM66354 Security APAR
CMS VM66362 Security APAR
CMS VM66365 CMS PIPELINES SSL/TLS ENHANCEMENTS May 28, 2020
CMS VM66374 SMAPI INITIALIZATION MAY USE THE WRONG DMSSICNF COPY VALUES April 15, 2020
CMS VM66378 Security APAR
CMS VM66381 TIMEOUT AND TIMING PROBLEMS WITH Z/VM SMAPI April 28, 2020
CMS VM66384 PEVM66120 SMSTATUS STOPS ON NO DIRECTORY MANAGER MESSAGE May 11, 2020
CP VM65686 FCX100 SHOWS EXCESSIVE VALUES FOR ONE PROCESSOR October 9, 2018
CP VM65689 HTT001 ABEND VARY OFF CHPIDS AND MONITOR ENABLED July 23, 2019
CP VM65690 Z/VM HANG DUE TO ERRORS IN MACHINE CHECK RECOVERY November 2, 2018
CP VM65708 HTT001 ABEND IN HCPIOS WHILE USING SPXTAPE May 23, 2019
CP VM65715 ALLOW SCIF TO MONITOR GUESTS CONNECTED TO *MSG January 14, 2019
CP VM65730 SET RDEV CAUSES OVERHEAD/SUSPEND TIME ON PROCESSOR February 25, 2019
CP VM65776 VARY PROC LOCK HANG PREVENTS MCW002 ABEND June 13, 2019
CP VM65786 RESPOOL MEMBER LIMIT REMOVAL June 14, 2019
CP VM65799 USE UNTAGGED FRAMES FOR NATIVE VLAN SWITCHOVER March 23, 2016
CP VM65858 RELATIVE SHARE FOR GUESTS IN CPUPOOL NOT RESPECTED July 2, 2019
CP VM65933 CMS GUEST CAN HAVE PAGE ZEROED IF USING DIAG X'214' January 21, 2020
CP VM65971 UNRESPONSIVE MASTER PROCESSOR LOOPING BUT NO ABEND September 25, 2019
CP VM66058 ABEND LAL008 AFTER BOOTING Z/VSE VIA October 23, 2019
CP VM66070 DIAGNOSE 2C4 64 BIT GUEST ADDRESS TOLERATION November 5, 2019
CP VM66101 NEW ERROR RC EXPOSES POTENTIAL SSI SOFT ABENDS 19/12/13 PTF PECHANGE December 18, 2019
CP VM66112 CANT READ LABEL ON FLASH COPY TARGET AFTER MINIDISK CONSOLIDATION November 9, 2018
CP VM66151 IMPROVEMENT OF CP DUMP CONTENTS AND OTHER FIXES April 26, 2019
CP VM66154 GUEST WITH ABSOLUTE LIMITHARD LIMITED INACCURATELY May 2, 2019
CMS VM65434 RXSOCKETS ERRORS ENCOUNTERED IN MULTITASKING ENVIRONMENT June 8, 2015
CMS VM65491 DIRMAP DOESN'T USE THE SAME MAXIMUM MDISK SIZE VALUE FOR FBA DISKS AS DIRECTXA December 19, 2016
CMS VM65669 PROVIDE USER EXITS FOR XCAT AND ZHCP INITIALIZATION March 11, 2015
CMS VM65687 CMS PIPELINES AHELP STAGE FAILS WITH ERROR MESSAGE FPLXTR241E September 18, 2018
CMS VM65746 QSYSOWN OUTPUT CONTAINS INCORRECT MESSAGES August 18, 2015
CMS VM65802 SMAPI VSMWORK* MACHINES ABEND WITH PROTECTION EXC January 9, 2017
CMS VM65875 SMAPI API GET_DEVICE_DETAILS DOES NOT SUPPORT CUSTOM DASD SIZES December 1, 2016
CMS VM65880 IOCP UPDATE July 17, 2017
CMS VM66394 REXX SOCKETS HANGS WHEN CONNECTIVITY TO TCP/IP STACK IS LOST June 25, 2020
CP VM66396 USER HANGS AFTER ISSUING PRIVILEGED CP COMMAND July 15, 2020
CP VM66397 FRMOWNED SERIALIZATION ERROR CAUSES HPC004 July 9, 2020
CP VM66398 HUNG Z/OS GUEST ON Z/VM WITH ROCE WORKLOAD WITH SET IOASSIST OFF June 25, 2020


 

TABLE 2: z/VM APARs NOT included in z/VM 7.2 base product

A list of APARs previously released for z/VM not included in the z/VM 7.2 base
Component APAR APAR name Date closed Comment
CP VM66390 PEVM66248 CEX6S CRYPTO CARDS NOT MARKED FOR SHARING June 15, 2020 APAR is not applicable for z/VM 7.2.
CP VM66400 PEVM66154 USER HANGS WITH CPU LIMITING July 28, 2020
CP VM66406 PEVM66302 INTERMITTENT PKT LOSS ON VSWITCH IP ROUTER August 9, 2020
CP VM66409 PEVM66266 ABEND MCW002 WHEN MP USER ISSUES VARY OFF CRYPTO August 18, 2020
CMS VM66411 Security Apar VM66411 July 16, 2020 APAR is not applicable for z/VM 7.2.
CP VM66284 CROSS-SYSTEM LOCK NOT RELEASED IN XDISK STRUCTURE September 24, 2019 For z/VM 7.2 there is a different APAR for this probem. Order the PTF for VM66437.


 

TABLE 3: APARs required for specific 7.2 function

TABLE 3: z/VM APARs required for specific 7.2 function
Component APAR APAR name Date closed Comment
VMSES VM66428 CENTRALIZED SERVICE MANAGEMENT GA FIXPACK September 10, 2020 Required for CSM