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Status Not under consideration
Workspace z/OS
Categories DFSMS Utilities
Created by Guest
Created on Oct 20, 2022

Printing incorrect VVDS should show some suitable messages.

My customer encountered that printing incorrect VVDS results in RC=04 without any suitable messages. PAGE 0001 5695-DF175 DFSMSDSS V2R03.0 DATA SET SERVICES 2022.286 09:30 PRINT DATASET(SYS1.VVDS.VWAS901) INDYNAM(WORK03) ADR101I (R/I)-RI01 (01), TASKID 001 HAS BEEN ASSIGNED TO COMMAND 'PRINT ' ADR109I (R/I)-RI01 (01), 2022.286 09:30:02 INITIAL SCAN OF USER CONTROL STATEMENTS COMPLETED ADR016I (001)-PRIME(01), RACF LOGGING OPTION IN EFFECT FOR THIS TASK ADR006I (001)-STEND(01), 2022.286 09:30:02 EXECUTION BEGINS ADR006I (001)-STEND(02), 2022.286 09:30:02 EXECUTION ENDS ADR013I (001)-CLTSK(01), 2022.286 09:30:02 TASK COMPLETED WITH RETURN CODE 0004 ADR012I (SCH)-DSSU (01), 2022.286 09:30:02 DFSMSDSS PROCESSING COMPLETE. HIGHEST RETURN CODE IS 0004 FROM: TASK 001 This VVDS has been created by DFSMSdss FULL COPY, but my customer cannot understand what wrong is, so she requests that DFSMSdss shows suitable messages for RC04.
Idea priority Medium
  • Guest
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    Jan 20, 2023
    This item may be a valid requirement but unlikely to be given high enough priority to be placed into the product plan.
  • Guest
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    Oct 20, 2022

    You can reference CASE# TS010907656