That would be a good question for Phoenix Software International's IBM Technical Advocate. It turns out that is me. I dug around a bit in the code that issues that message, and it looks like it intends to put out some additional diagnostic information (and then Abend if you are in IPCS line mode) if you put IPCS into TEST mode, which is done via the SETDEF TEST subcommand.
Jim Mulder z/OS Diagnosis, Design, Development, Test IBM Corp. Poughkeepsie NY "IBM Mainframe Discussion List" <[email protected]> wrote on 11/24/2021 10:39:10 AM: > From: "Tom Harper" <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Date: 11/24/2021 08:17 PM > Subject: IPCS CTRACE Buffer Locate Exit > Sent by: "IBM Mainframe Discussion List" <[email protected]> > > All, > > I’ve used IPCS for decades including using CTRACE. One of the > required exits for this facility is the Buffer Locate Exit, which I > have used at prior jobs without issue. > > However now I cannot get it to work and I can’t determine what the issue is. > > The exit passes the address of an equate symbol (ES) record, mapped > by BLSRESSY. > > All the exit is supposed to do is to complete the BLSRESSY record > and pass it back with a return code which indicates whether the exit > should be driven again for another buffer. That all works correctly. > > I can locate the buffers and their lengths fine (l’ve tried both 31- > bit and 64-bit buffers using the respective mappings for the ES) but > to no avail. > > The message I get back from IPCS is BLS18460I which states that the > symbol record is not valid. A further detail is the qualifier: > > “Equate Symbol record failed consistency check.” > > I have no idea what that means. I have carefully checked every field > and they all appear to be correct to me. > > Any ideas would be much appreciated. > > Tom Harper > > Phoenix Software International ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
