Re: MXG error reading z/OS 2.3 data
The invalid VBS segment message is completely inside SAS and MXG has no way to detect because SAS has already moved on to the next valid VBS segment. The most common cause that I've seen is when one of the dump jobs to a B37 Out of Space, and that last record was not truncated, and the error occurs when that file is concatenated. Be happy that SAS was able to recover and read the rest of the file. Barry Herbert W “Barry” Merrill, PHD President-Programmer Merrill Consultants MXG Software 10717 Cromwell Drive Dallas, TX 75229 www.mxg.com 214 351 1966 ad...@mxg.com for business questions supp...@mxg.com for technical questions ba...@mxg.com -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Beesley, Paul Sent: Tuesday, July 9, 2019 4:42 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: MXG error reading z/OS 2.3 data Thank you for responses. Unfortunately there is nothing in SASLOG resembling diagnostics to explain what is wrong with the rejected record. I ran IFASMFDP to copy the file, and there were no errors. Number of records matches so none were dropped, and the breakdown of record types matches as well. I can also browse the entire file with FileAid. I think MXG is telling untruths 😊 Paul -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Carmen Vitullo Sent: Monday, July 08, 2019 4:04 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: MXG error reading z/OS 2.3 data Also, depending on the record type, I think Dr. Barry has some diagnostics when MXG hits an invalid SMF record, check your SASLOG for some diagnostics showing the invalid record(s). been a while since I've used SAS/MXG but I believe this is still the case Carmen Vitullo - Original Message - From: "Ron Hawkins" To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Sent: Monday, July 8, 2019 9:59:40 AM Subject: Re: MXG error reading z/OS 2.3 data Paul, The problem is not SAS or MXG. It means you have an out-of-sequence or missing segment of a spanned record in the file. RON HAWKINS Director, Ipsicsopt Pty Ltd (ACN: 627 705 971) m+61 400029610| t: +1 4085625415 | f: +1 4087912585 -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Beesley, Paul Sent: Monday, 8 July 2019 21:34 To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: [IBM-MAIN] MXG error reading z/OS 2.3 data Using MXG 32.04 with SAS 9.1.3, reading a mix of z/OS 2.1 and 2.3 data, I get this message and RC=4 ERROR: FOR FILE SMF, INVALID VBS SEGMENT DETECTED. PROCESSING IS CONTINUING TO THE NEXT RECORD. Also tried using MXG 36.04 (which required hotfix 37166 for SAS). Processed only the 2.3 dataset to narrow it down. Is this anything to worry about? How can I tell which record it is complaining about? Thanks Paul Atos, Atos Consulting, Worldline and Canopy The Open Cloud Company are trading names used by the Atos group. The following trading entities are registered in England and Wales: Atos IT Services UK Limited (registered number 01245534), Atos Consulting Limited (registered number 04312380), Atos Worldline UK Limited (registered number 08514184) and Canopy The Open Cloud Company Limited (registration number 08011902). The registered office for each is at Second Floor, Mid City Place, 71 High Holborn, London, WC1V 6EA. The VAT No. for each is: GB232327983. This e-mail and the documents attached are confidential and intended solely for the addressee, and may contain confidential or privileged information. If you receive this e-mail in error, you are not authorised to copy, disclose, use or retain it. Please notify the sender immediately and delete this email from your systems. As emails may be intercepted, amended or lost, they are not secure. Atos therefore can accept no liability for any errors or their content. Although Atos endeavours to maintain a virus-free network, we do not warrant that this transmission is virus-free and can accept no liability for any damages resulting from any virus transmitted. The risks are deemed to be accepted by everyone who communicates with Atos by email. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN Atos, Atos Consulting, Worldline and Canopy The Open Cloud Company are trading names used by the Atos group. The following trading entities are registered in England and Wales: Atos IT Services UK Limited (registered number 01245534), Atos Consulting Limited
Re: MXG error reading z/OS 2.3 data
Usually the missing record would be on a different SMF file because the first one filled up. You might look at the first / last record of when the file was copied off. On Tue, Jul 9, 2019 at 9:42 AM Beesley, Paul wrote: > Thank you for responses. > > Unfortunately there is nothing in SASLOG resembling diagnostics to explain > what is wrong with the rejected record. > > I ran IFASMFDP to copy the file, and there were no errors. Number of > records matches so none were dropped, and the breakdown of record types > matches as well. > > I can also browse the entire file with FileAid. > > I think MXG is telling untruths 😊 > > Paul > > -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf > Of Carmen Vitullo > Sent: Monday, July 08, 2019 4:04 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: MXG error reading z/OS 2.3 data > > Also, depending on the record type, I think Dr. Barry has some diagnostics > when MXG hits an invalid SMF record, check your SASLOG for some diagnostics > showing the invalid record(s). > been a while since I've used SAS/MXG but I believe this is still the case > > > > Carmen Vitullo > > - Original Message - > > From: "Ron Hawkins" > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Sent: Monday, July 8, 2019 9:59:40 AM > Subject: Re: MXG error reading z/OS 2.3 data > > Paul, > > The problem is not SAS or MXG. > > It means you have an out-of-sequence or missing segment of a spanned > record in the file. > > > RON HAWKINS > Director, Ipsicsopt Pty Ltd (ACN: 627 705 971) > m+61 400029610| t: +1 4085625415 | f: +1 4087912585 > > -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf > Of > Beesley, Paul > Sent: Monday, 8 July 2019 21:34 > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: [IBM-MAIN] MXG error reading z/OS 2.3 data > > Using MXG 32.04 with SAS 9.1.3, reading a mix of z/OS 2.1 and 2.3 data, I > get this message and RC=4 > ERROR: FOR FILE SMF, INVALID VBS SEGMENT DETECTED. PROCESSING IS CONTINUING > TO THE NEXT RECORD. > Also tried using MXG 36.04 (which required hotfix 37166 for SAS). > Processed only the 2.3 dataset to narrow it down. > Is this anything to worry about? > How can I tell which record it is complaining about? > > Thanks > > Paul > > Atos, Atos Consulting, Worldline and Canopy The Open Cloud Company are > trading names used by the Atos group. The following trading entities are > registered in England and Wales: Atos IT Services UK Limited (registered > number 01245534), Atos Consulting Limited (registered number 04312380), > Atos > Worldline UK Limited (registered number 08514184) and Canopy The Open Cloud > Company Limited (registration number 08011902). The registered office for > each is at Second Floor, Mid City Place, 71 High Holborn, London, WC1V 6EA. > The VAT No. for each is: GB232327983. > > This e-mail and the documents attached are confidential and intended solely > for the addressee, and may contain confidential or privileged information. > If you receive this e-mail in error, you are not authorised to copy, > disclose, use or retain it. Please notify the sender immediately and delete > this email from your systems. As emails may be intercepted, amended or > lost, > they are not secure. Atos therefore can accept no liability for any errors > or their content. Although Atos endeavours to maintain a virus-free > network, > we do not warrant that this transmission is virus-free and can accept no > liability for any damages resulting from any virus transmitted. The risks > are deemed to be accepted by everyone who communicates with Atos by email. > > -- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email > to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > -- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > > -- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > Atos, Atos Consulting, Worldline and Canopy The Open Cloud Company are > trading names used by the Atos group. The following trading entities are > registered in England and Wales: Atos IT Services UK Limited (registered > number 01245534), Atos Consulting Limited (registered number 04312380), > Atos Worldline UK Limited (registered number 08514184) and Canopy The Open > Cloud Company Limited (registration
Re: MXG error reading z/OS 2.3 data
Thank you for responses. Unfortunately there is nothing in SASLOG resembling diagnostics to explain what is wrong with the rejected record. I ran IFASMFDP to copy the file, and there were no errors. Number of records matches so none were dropped, and the breakdown of record types matches as well. I can also browse the entire file with FileAid. I think MXG is telling untruths 😊 Paul -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Carmen Vitullo Sent: Monday, July 08, 2019 4:04 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: MXG error reading z/OS 2.3 data Also, depending on the record type, I think Dr. Barry has some diagnostics when MXG hits an invalid SMF record, check your SASLOG for some diagnostics showing the invalid record(s). been a while since I've used SAS/MXG but I believe this is still the case Carmen Vitullo - Original Message - From: "Ron Hawkins" To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Sent: Monday, July 8, 2019 9:59:40 AM Subject: Re: MXG error reading z/OS 2.3 data Paul, The problem is not SAS or MXG. It means you have an out-of-sequence or missing segment of a spanned record in the file. RON HAWKINS Director, Ipsicsopt Pty Ltd (ACN: 627 705 971) m+61 400029610| t: +1 4085625415 | f: +1 4087912585 -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Beesley, Paul Sent: Monday, 8 July 2019 21:34 To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: [IBM-MAIN] MXG error reading z/OS 2.3 data Using MXG 32.04 with SAS 9.1.3, reading a mix of z/OS 2.1 and 2.3 data, I get this message and RC=4 ERROR: FOR FILE SMF, INVALID VBS SEGMENT DETECTED. PROCESSING IS CONTINUING TO THE NEXT RECORD. Also tried using MXG 36.04 (which required hotfix 37166 for SAS). Processed only the 2.3 dataset to narrow it down. Is this anything to worry about? How can I tell which record it is complaining about? Thanks Paul Atos, Atos Consulting, Worldline and Canopy The Open Cloud Company are trading names used by the Atos group. The following trading entities are registered in England and Wales: Atos IT Services UK Limited (registered number 01245534), Atos Consulting Limited (registered number 04312380), Atos Worldline UK Limited (registered number 08514184) and Canopy The Open Cloud Company Limited (registration number 08011902). The registered office for each is at Second Floor, Mid City Place, 71 High Holborn, London, WC1V 6EA. The VAT No. for each is: GB232327983. This e-mail and the documents attached are confidential and intended solely for the addressee, and may contain confidential or privileged information. If you receive this e-mail in error, you are not authorised to copy, disclose, use or retain it. Please notify the sender immediately and delete this email from your systems. As emails may be intercepted, amended or lost, they are not secure. Atos therefore can accept no liability for any errors or their content. Although Atos endeavours to maintain a virus-free network, we do not warrant that this transmission is virus-free and can accept no liability for any damages resulting from any virus transmitted. The risks are deemed to be accepted by everyone who communicates with Atos by email. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN Atos, Atos Consulting, Worldline and Canopy The Open Cloud Company are trading names used by the Atos group. The following trading entities are registered in England and Wales: Atos IT Services UK Limited (registered number 01245534), Atos Consulting Limited (registered number 04312380), Atos Worldline UK Limited (registered number 08514184) and Canopy The Open Cloud Company Limited (registration number 08011902). The registered office for each is at Second Floor, Mid City Place, 71 High Holborn, London, WC1V 6EA. The VAT No. for each is: GB232327983. This e-mail and the documents attached are confidential and intended solely for the addressee, and may contain confidential or privileged information. If you receive this e-mail in error, you are not authorised to copy, disclose, use or retain it. Please notify the sender immediately and delete this email from your systems. As emails may be intercepted, amended or lost, they are not secure. Atos therefore can accept no liability for any errors or their content. Although Atos endeavours to maintain a virus-free network, we do not warrant that this transmission is virus-free
Re: MXG error reading z/OS 2.3 data
Recommend first-opportunity to upgrade SAS to a reasonably supported version/release and maintenance-level, given SAS 9.1.3 was reduced to very limited-support level back in 2013 -- also you are likely missing out on key usability improvements, some of which would naturally occur "under the covers" with hardware infrastructure changes. Also, with z/OS V2.3 SMF data, strongly recommend reviewing the MXG.COM support site and the CHANGES page for MXG software maintenance-level with new-release and technology support. As a general-rule, consider at least maintaining MXG software-currency with each annual-version. Scott Barry SBBWorks, Inc. On Mon, 8 Jul 2019 11:33:53 +, Beesley, Paul wrote: >Using MXG 32.04 with SAS 9.1.3, reading a mix of z/OS 2.1 and 2.3 data, I get >this message and RC=4 >ERROR: FOR FILE SMF, INVALID VBS SEGMENT DETECTED. PROCESSING IS CONTINUING >TO THE NEXT RECORD. >Also tried using MXG 36.04 (which required hotfix 37166 for SAS). >Processed only the 2.3 dataset to narrow it down. >Is this anything to worry about? >How can I tell which record it is complaining about? > >Thanks > >Paul > >Atos, Atos Consulting, Worldline and Canopy The Open Cloud Company are trading >names used by the Atos group. The following trading entities are registered in >England and Wales: Atos IT Services UK Limited (registered number 01245534), >Atos Consulting Limited (registered number 04312380), Atos Worldline UK >Limited (registered number 08514184) and Canopy The Open Cloud Company Limited >(registration number 08011902). The registered office for each is at Second >Floor, Mid City Place, 71 High Holborn, London, WC1V 6EA. The VAT No. for >each is: GB232327983. > >This e-mail and the documents attached are confidential and intended solely >for the addressee, and may contain confidential or privileged information. If >you receive this e-mail in error, you are not authorised to copy, disclose, >use or retain it. Please notify the sender immediately and delete this email >from your systems. As emails may be intercepted, amended or lost, they are not >secure. Atos therefore can accept no liability for any errors or their >content. Although Atos endeavours to maintain a virus-free network, we do not >warrant that this transmission is virus-free and can accept no liability for >any damages resulting from any virus transmitted. The risks are deemed to be >accepted by everyone who communicates with Atos by email. > >-- >For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
Re: MXG error reading z/OS 2.3 data
Beesley, Paul wrote: >Using MXG 32.04 with SAS 9.1.3, reading a mix of z/OS 2.1 and 2.3 data, I get >this message and RC=4 >ERROR: FOR FILE SMF, INVALID VBS SEGMENT DETECTED. PROCESSING IS CONTINUING >TO THE NEXT RECORD. I have used SAS many moons ago and I certainly remember this badd-a$$ message related to a bad SMF input... >Is this anything to worry about? Yes, loss of SMF data and angry readers of your SAS reports... ;-) >How can I tell which record it is complaining about? Hard to tell. Use IFASMFDP to copy your SMF records to other dataset. It will only read up to the very last readable record. The rest of the dataset are simply lost. (I think there is a freebie on CBT where you can re-join the parts of the SMF VBS dataset...) Use that copy on your SAS/MXG job. Groete / Greetings Elardus Engelbrecht -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
Re: MXG error reading z/OS 2.3 data
Also, depending on the record type, I think Dr. Barry has some diagnostics when MXG hits an invalid SMF record, check your SASLOG for some diagnostics showing the invalid record(s). been a while since I've used SAS/MXG but I believe this is still the case Carmen Vitullo - Original Message - From: "Ron Hawkins" To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Sent: Monday, July 8, 2019 9:59:40 AM Subject: Re: MXG error reading z/OS 2.3 data Paul, The problem is not SAS or MXG. It means you have an out-of-sequence or missing segment of a spanned record in the file. RON HAWKINS Director, Ipsicsopt Pty Ltd (ACN: 627 705 971) m+61 400029610| t: +1 4085625415 | f: +1 4087912585 -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Beesley, Paul Sent: Monday, 8 July 2019 21:34 To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: [IBM-MAIN] MXG error reading z/OS 2.3 data Using MXG 32.04 with SAS 9.1.3, reading a mix of z/OS 2.1 and 2.3 data, I get this message and RC=4 ERROR: FOR FILE SMF, INVALID VBS SEGMENT DETECTED. PROCESSING IS CONTINUING TO THE NEXT RECORD. Also tried using MXG 36.04 (which required hotfix 37166 for SAS). Processed only the 2.3 dataset to narrow it down. Is this anything to worry about? How can I tell which record it is complaining about? Thanks Paul Atos, Atos Consulting, Worldline and Canopy The Open Cloud Company are trading names used by the Atos group. The following trading entities are registered in England and Wales: Atos IT Services UK Limited (registered number 01245534), Atos Consulting Limited (registered number 04312380), Atos Worldline UK Limited (registered number 08514184) and Canopy The Open Cloud Company Limited (registration number 08011902). The registered office for each is at Second Floor, Mid City Place, 71 High Holborn, London, WC1V 6EA. The VAT No. for each is: GB232327983. This e-mail and the documents attached are confidential and intended solely for the addressee, and may contain confidential or privileged information. If you receive this e-mail in error, you are not authorised to copy, disclose, use or retain it. Please notify the sender immediately and delete this email from your systems. As emails may be intercepted, amended or lost, they are not secure. Atos therefore can accept no liability for any errors or their content. Although Atos endeavours to maintain a virus-free network, we do not warrant that this transmission is virus-free and can accept no liability for any damages resulting from any virus transmitted. The risks are deemed to be accepted by everyone who communicates with Atos by email. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
Re: MXG error reading z/OS 2.3 data
Paul, The problem is not SAS or MXG. It means you have an out-of-sequence or missing segment of a spanned record in the file. RON HAWKINS Director, Ipsicsopt Pty Ltd (ACN: 627 705 971) m+61 400029610| t: +1 4085625415 | f: +1 4087912585 -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Beesley, Paul Sent: Monday, 8 July 2019 21:34 To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: [IBM-MAIN] MXG error reading z/OS 2.3 data Using MXG 32.04 with SAS 9.1.3, reading a mix of z/OS 2.1 and 2.3 data, I get this message and RC=4 ERROR: FOR FILE SMF, INVALID VBS SEGMENT DETECTED. PROCESSING IS CONTINUING TO THE NEXT RECORD. Also tried using MXG 36.04 (which required hotfix 37166 for SAS). Processed only the 2.3 dataset to narrow it down. Is this anything to worry about? How can I tell which record it is complaining about? Thanks Paul Atos, Atos Consulting, Worldline and Canopy The Open Cloud Company are trading names used by the Atos group. The following trading entities are registered in England and Wales: Atos IT Services UK Limited (registered number 01245534), Atos Consulting Limited (registered number 04312380), Atos Worldline UK Limited (registered number 08514184) and Canopy The Open Cloud Company Limited (registration number 08011902). The registered office for each is at Second Floor, Mid City Place, 71 High Holborn, London, WC1V 6EA. The VAT No. for each is: GB232327983. This e-mail and the documents attached are confidential and intended solely for the addressee, and may contain confidential or privileged information. If you receive this e-mail in error, you are not authorised to copy, disclose, use or retain it. Please notify the sender immediately and delete this email from your systems. As emails may be intercepted, amended or lost, they are not secure. Atos therefore can accept no liability for any errors or their content. Although Atos endeavours to maintain a virus-free network, we do not warrant that this transmission is virus-free and can accept no liability for any damages resulting from any virus transmitted. The risks are deemed to be accepted by everyone who communicates with Atos by email. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
