RORG009E ERROR IN SORT PROGRAM USRPRIA SORT UTILITY ERROR occurs in DB/REORG however no sort messages are displayed?

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• IDMS
• IDMS - Database
• IDMS - ADS

Issue/Introduction

Description:

DB/REORG job fails with RORG009E ERROR IN SORT PROGRAM USRPRIA SORT UTILITY ERROR however the sort messages are not in SORTMSG. Additional job messages include:

ICE158A jobname.stepname SYSOUT DD STATEMENT MISSING

Solution:

During an execution of DB/REORG, program USRDRVR, the job fails with:

RORG009E ERROR IN SORT PROGRAM USRPRIA SORT UTILITY ERROR

No sort messages are displayed in SORTMSG.

The reason for the error is due to a change in the DB/REORG JCL since IDMS release 18.x. The SORTMSG DD statement has been removed and replaced with a SYSOUT DD statement as documented in apar RI47284 DB/REORG SORT MESSAGES ARE SHOWN IN SYSOUT FILE. The ICE158A SYSOUT DD STATEMENT MISSING message indicates that the SYSOUT DD statement is missing. Sort messages are now located in SYSOUT.

The z/os SAMPLE JCL in the 18.0 and 18.5 DB/REORG User Guides in Chapter 6 operations section is incorrect and a DOCUP to correct the manuals is being written.

Lastly, verify these 17.0, 18.0, or 18.5 SORT apars are applied:

IDMS 18.5 Sort apars:

RO69889 Title: EXTRACT JOURNAL GOES INTO LOOP. 

IDMS 18.0 Sort apars:

RO70014 Title: EXTRACT JOURNAL GOES INTO LOOP. 
RO68414        REORG ABENDS IF SORT FIELD MAX LENGTH SPECIFIED 
RI47284        DB/REORG SORT MESSAGES ARE SHOWN IN SYSOUT FILE 
RO36603        BATCH PROGRAM REPORTED AS 'SYNCSORT' 
RO29320        S0C4 IN EXTERNAL SORT MODULE WHEN IDMS CONTROLS THE SORT 
RO26559        PARTIAL OVERLAY OF SORT PARAMETER USING OPT00200 

IDMS 17.0 Sort apars:

RO37142 Title: SYNCSORT REPORTED AS PROGRAM/TASK NAME IN STATISTICS 
RO37123        NEW SYSIDMS PARM FOR VSE TO VARY NUMBER OF SORTWK FILES 
RO37064        SYNCSORT REPORTED AS PROGRAM/TASK NAME IN STATISTICS 
RO29432        S0C4 DURING SORT CALLED FROM IDMS 
RO26640        PARTIAL OVERLAY OF SORT PARAMETER USING OPT00200 
RO22154        PROCESS PARAMETER LOGIC OUT OF SEQUENCE NESTED USE 
RO21005        RELEASE 17.0 VERSION OF QS56063 
RO17569        PROGRAM CHECK ERROR HANDLING USING ZIIP 
RO15158        POSSIBLE PROBLEMS WITH VARCHAR INDEX KEYS. 
RI12747        NEW PRECOMPILER MESSAGE DML084 
RO12493        MULTIPLE ABENDS IN REORG PROCESSING OVERFLOW RECORDS 
RO11385        INCREASE THE NUMBER OF DIGITS ON THE SIZE= PARM.

Environment

Release: IDADSO00100-18.5-ADS-for CA-IDMS
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