Pat, It may not help much but for what it is worth we have FFST running fine on both z/OS R4 & R6.
$HASP373 EPWFFST STARTED IEF403I EPWFFST - STARTED EPW0051I FFSTFFDC: INITIALIZATION OF FFST/FFDC COMPLETE EPW0201I EPWFFST: INITIALIZATION OF FFST/ESA IN PROGRESS EPW0504I EPWFFST: FFSTPARM MEMBER START00 READ SUCCESSFULLY EPW0505I EPWFFST: FFSTPARM MEMBER TRNSABCD NOT FOUND EPW0202I EPWFFST: INITIALIZATION OF FFST/ESA COMPLETE EPW0505I EPWFFST: FFSTPARM MEMBER EPWHWR01 NOT FOUND EPW0509I EPWFFST: NOW USING LOGID FFSTLOG1 EPW0209I EPWFFST : AP=FFST EPW0610I EPWFFST: DISPLAY FOR APPLID FFST FOLLOWS: 571 EPW0611I APPLID COUNTS PROBE DUMP SYMRC GENAL SYMST SUPDP EPW0612I FFST 29947/00320 EN EN EN EN EN EN EPW0613I EPW0621I DUMPQUAL DUMPVOL GA EXIT ALRT RCV MSG LOG /LOGREUSE EPW0622I FFST *N/A* *N/A* NETVALRT ENABLED /ENABLED EPW0613I EPW0626I MSG LOG - STATUS EPW0627I FFSTLOG1 - ENABLED, CURRENT EPW0627I FFSTLOG2 - ENABLED, AVAILABLE EPW0613I EPW0614I APPLID PRODUCT NAME VENDOR EPW0615I TCP z/OS CS IP V1R4 IBM CORPORATION EPW0615I CSM z/OS CS SNA V1R4 IBM CORPORATION EPW0615I NETVIEW NETVIEW IBM CORPORATION EPW0615I VTAM z/OS CS SNA V1R4 IBM CORPORATION EPW0615I FFSTV1R2 FFST/ESA VERSION 1 RELEASE 2 IBM CORPORATION EPW0701I END OF MESSAGE GROUP EPW0209I EPWFFST : P=* EPW0608E EPWFFST: MODIFY COMMAND FAILED - VENDOR REQUIRED IF FASTService NOT INSTALLED EPW0250I EPWPITSK: FFST INITIALIZATION FOR FFSTV1R2 COMPLETE EPW0250I EPWPITSK: FFST INITIALIZATION FOR VTAM COMPLETE EPW0250I EPWPITSK: FFST INITIALIZATION FOR CSM COMPLETE EPW0250I EPWPITSK: FFST INITIALIZATION FOR TCP COMPLETE The PROC and the product have not changed much since 1998. //EPWFFST PROC LANG=ENU,FMODE=NORMAL,PAGE=200 //*************************************************************** //* * //* TITLE: START THE FFST PROGRAM * //* * //* FUNCTION: THIS PROCEDURE WILL START THE FFST PROGRAM. * //* FFST MUST BE STARTED VIA A PROCEDURE AND * //* NOT AS A JOB. TO USE THIS PROC, IT MUST BE COPIED * //* TO AN EXISTING PROCEDURE LIBRARY. * //* * //*************************************************************** //* JOB CONSIDERATIONS: * //*************************************************************** //* * //* (1) ALL DATA SET NAMES ARE PREFIXED WITH 'FFST.V120ESA'. IF * //* YOU CHANGE THESE NAMES IN THIS JOB, THEN THE SAME * //* CHANGES MUST BE MADE IN THE OTHER FFST INSTALLATION * //* JOBS. * //* * //* (2) YOU WILL NEED TO CHANGE THE FOLLOWING FIELDS TO MATCH * //* YOUR SYSTEM ENVIRONMENT: * //* * //* SPECIFY THE NAME OF THE FFST MESSAGE LOG (FFSTLOG1) * //* DATA SET. * //* * //* SPECIFY THE NAME OF THE FFST/FFDC DUMP (FFSTDMP1) * //* DATA SET. * //* * //* SPECIFY THE NAME OF THE FFST START PARAMETER FILE * //* (FFSTPARM) DATA SET. * //* * //* SPECIFY THE NAME OF THE FFST CHECKPOINT (FFSTCKPT) * //* DATA SET. * //* * //*************************************************************** //* SMP/E CONSIDERATIONS: * //*************************************************************** //* * //* NONE * //* * //*************************************************************** //EPWFFST EXEC PGM=EPWINIT,REGION=3000K,TIME=1440, // DPRTY=(14,15),PARM=(&LANG,&FMODE,&PAGE) //STEPLIB DD DSN=SYS1.FFST.V120ESA.SEPWMOD1, // DISP=SHR //FFSTLIB DD DSN=SYS1.FFST.V120ESA.SEPWMOD1, // DISP=SHR //FFSTLOG1 DD DSN=SYS2.FFST.BSYS.EPWLOG1, // DISP=SHR //FFSTLOG2 DD DSN=SYS2.FFST.BSYS.EPWLOG2, // DISP=SHR //FFSTDMP1 DD DSN=SYS2.FFST.BSYS.EPWDUMP, // DISP=SHR //FFSTPARM DD DSN=SYS2.FFST.BSYS.EPWPARM, // DISP=SHR //FFSTCKPT DD DSN=SYS2.FFST.BSYS.EPWCKPT, // DISP=SHR //SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=* //SYSABEND DD SYSOUT=G ******************************** Bottom of Data ********* Thanks, Sam -----Original Message----- On Fri, 13 Jan 2006 13:44:49 -0600, Miller, Pat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I'm getting the following when EPWFFST starts up under z/OS 1.4: > >EPW0051I FFSTFFDC: INITIALIZATION OF FFST/FFDC COMPLETE EPW0201I >EPWFFST: INITIALIZATION OF FFST/ESA IN PROGRESS EPW0504I EPWFFST: >FFSTPARM MEMBER START00 READ SUCCESSFULLY >$HASP708 EPWFFST ???????? OPEN FAILED 846 >RC=13 SDB/DCT VALIDATION ERROR >IEC141I 013-C0,IGG0199G,EPWFFST,FFST,SYSABEND >IEF196I IEC141I 013-C0,IGG0199G,EPWFFST,FFST,SYSABEND >IEF196I IEA995I SYMPTOM DUMP OUTPUT > >I assume $HASP708 is the definitive message, but I can't figure out >what it's trying to tell me: > >13 SDB/DCT VALIDATION ERROR > > The SDB/DCT address passed to JES2 was not valid. This error might > have occurred because the return JOBID SSI was not issued. > >For what it's worth, START00 contains: > >* FFST START PARAMETERS from Ops Guide - SC31-8604 >* DISABLE ALL PROBES THAT HAVE A PROBE IDENTIFIER PREFIX OF EPW >P=EPW*,V=IBM,A=DIS >* DISPLAY THE STATUS OF ALL PROBE STATEMENTS THAT HAVE A PROBE >* IDENTIFIER PREFIX OF EPW >P=EPW*,V=IBM ==================== This email/fax message is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution of this email/fax is prohibited. 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