Agree, you are trying to use a CONSOLE name that is already in use. "If return_code from MCSOPER is 4, after a CONSOLE ACTIVATE, then the console name is already in use. Use a different console name."
Depending on the length of the user ID you could add on to the end a unique character. The down side is you might get a few "extra" EMCS consoles handing out. In the last shop I worked at the user ID was typically only 6 characters. So, I pulled the last digit of the current time and added it to the user ID to create a unique console name. If I was creating a routine that would be used by multiple people/jobs/tasks, I would actually use a console name that was not tied to a person. Even then I would do the extra digit at the end of the name to try to make it unique. Paul -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Seymour J Metz Sent: Tuesday, April 1, 2025 7:29 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: TSO OPER in Background TSO? Meaning: Environmental error. For REQUEST=ACTIVATE, an EMCS console with this name is already active on this system or on a system within the same GRS NONE or RING environments. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 עַם יִשְׂרָאֵל חַי נֵ֣צַח יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל לֹ֥א יְשַׁקֵּ֖ר ________________________________________ From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List on behalf of Steve Estle Sent: Tuesday, April 1, 2025 7:36 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: TSO OPER in Background TSO? External Message: Use Caution Thanks for suggestion - resulted in: CONSOLE IKJ55303I THE CONSOLE COMMAND HAS TERMINATED.+ IKJ55303I AN ERROR OCCURRED DURING CONSOLE INITIALIZATION. THE MCSOPER RETURN THE MCSOPER RETURN CODE WAS X'00000004' AND THE REASON CODE WAS X'000000’ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
