Cond code 04 in Archive/Backup

Products

• Disk Backup and Restore - MVS

Issue/Introduction

Which of these messages causes a Cond Code 0004 in Archive job?

2144 ATTEMPT TO PROCESS OTHER THAN FIRST PORTION OF MULTI-VOLUME DATA
2144 DSN = Data Set name  IS PART 2 OF A MULTI-VOL DATASET
*0387 data set name  ON vvvv BYPASSED, 

2157 ARCHIVE REQUEST FOR DSNAME = data set name 0 ON VOLUME = xxxx CANNOT BE SATISFIED
2157 BECAUSE IT IS AN UNCATALOGED MULTI-VOLUME DATASET
0387 data set name  ON jobname BYPASSED, REASON: PREVIOUSLY NOTED ERRORS FOR MULTI-VOL DATASET 

Resolution

The 2144 msg is just for info. In the SCAN REALVOLS process, DMS can process multi-vol data sets only when it scans the volume containing the first extent portion. Then, the data set is processed in its entirety. The 2144 will not cause a non-zero CondCode.

The 2157 is a warning and would cause the CC=04. This alerts you to the uncataloged data set that should be cleaned up. You would either recatalog it, or more likely delete it. The uncataloged data set is likely the result of an abend.

Without the proper catalog entry for a multi-vol data set, DMS can not locate all the segments of the data set, so you have to manually remove it.