> IEC143I 213-B8 - An OPEN was attempted against an extended-format data set > with a DCB that specified EXCP. EXCP is not supported for extended-format > data sets.
That message text is in error. EXCP is supported, but you must have an appropriate DCBE. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 ________________________________________ From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [[email protected]] on behalf of PINION, RICHARD W. [[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, June 30, 2020 3:53 PM To: [email protected] Subject: SMS Data Class attribute Extended We are attempting, on our QA LPAR, to use the SMS DC attributes, Data Set Name Type . . . . . : EXTENDED If Extended . . . . . . . . : PREFERRED Extended Addressability . . : YES for all of our sequential data sets. Of several hundred/thousands of dataset allocations, during the test period, we ran into 4 ABENDS, 3 S213-94 and 1 S213-B8. Which is pretty good, in my opinion. IEC143I 213-94 - An OPEN macro instruction was attempted against an extended-format data set, but the access method is not BSAM or QSAM, or is BDAM load mode. IEC143I 213-B8 - An OPEN was attempted against an extended-format data set with a DCB that specified EXCP. EXCP is not supported for extended-format data sets. I would like to examine our SMF 14/15 records from our production LPAR to identify other potential problem datasets. I have an ancient user written assembler program, 1980's, that reports on SMF 14/15 records. One of the reported columns is MACREF, which has a test for EXCP processing. If it was EXCP processing, the record is reported with an "E" for that column. I'm able to see all 14/15 activity that has activity for EXCP processing. However, I noticed that SORT and ICEGENER use EXCP processing. We didn't have any ABENDS with SORT or ICEGENER. Two questions, 1) In addition to my ancient assembler program, can anyone recommend a free reporting tool, that we could use to identify datasets not eligible for EXT format, and 2) Why does SORT/ICEGENER work against EXT type datasets with EXCP process? Confidentiality notice: This e-mail message, including any attachments, may contain legally privileged and/or confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient(s), or the employee or agent responsible for delivery of this message to the intended recipient(s), you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, or copying of this e-mail message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please immediately notify the sender and delete this e-mail message from your computer. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
