CA TLMS 14.0 : scratching a tape with CATINQR CAT2249E UNKNOWN OR UNEXPECTED PARAMETER FOUND

Products

• TLMS Tape Management

Issue/Introduction

In the CA TLMS User Guide it is reported a sample jcl for Scratching a Volume and it looks like the following: 

//TLMSINQR JOB
//TLMSINQR EXEC CATINQR
//CAIIPT DD *
UPV volser,SCRATCH=YES,CDS=0000


Sometimes it can end with error

CAT2249E UNKNOWN OR UNEXPECTED PARAMETER FOUND

even if all the input parameters seem to be correct so how to bypass the error? 

Environment

Z/OS - CA TLMS 

Resolution

It is necessary to edit under TSO/ISPF the jcl and check the input card : 

//CAIIPT DD *
UPV volser,SCRATCH=YES,CDS=0000

to verify if there are line numbers or any garbage character in cols 72-80 and, if this is the case, they should be cleared.

If this doesn't solve the problem, Please open a case to Technical Support.