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misi01 · Posted: Wed Aug 22, 2018 3:41 am Post subject: IEBGENER return code -2871

I'm getting the above return code when running an IEBGENER from an ISPF panel driven by Rexx on a VERY large file.

Any suggestions as to what it could mean or how I can see some sort of results. The actual TSO commands being run are the following

Nic Clouston · Posted: Wed Aug 22, 2018 4:42 am Post subject:

misi01 · Posted: Wed Aug 22, 2018 5:16 am Post subject:

Don't want to do that since this is part of an "automated" copy of databases from A to B where all the work is done for the user under the covers.
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kolusu · Posted: Wed Aug 22, 2018 11:29 am Post subject: Re: IEBGENER return code -2871

misi01 · Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2018 2:51 am Post subject:

Thanks Kolusu.

There were actually 2 errors/problems with the example I posted:

1 As you pointed out, no space parm such as CYLINDER (the code worked "better" after including that)

2 In reality, some of the files were SO large that they needed multiple disks and these simply weren't available. I could improve the error message by doing an OUTTRAP before the allocate command and then analyze the trapped messages afterwards, looking for these 2 strings

kolusu · Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2018 10:43 am Post subject:

misi01,

Ideally I wouldn't use foreground process to copy large files. I would use a batch job. You can use the rexx to generate the JCL to be submitted, but I wouldn't use it to copy large datasets.
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