RC 76 in MacKinney job opening Datacom URTs

Products

• Datacom
• Datacom/DB

Issue/Introduction

Using MacKinney Batch to CICS in order to open/close Datacom CICS URTs, but the job gets RC 8 due to error messages like the following ones:

DBLC OPEN=086

MBCE137-COMMAND DBLC OPEN=086  WAS UNSUCCESSFUL RC(76)

DBLC OPEN=086

DBLC OPEN=087

MBCE137-COMMAND DBLC OPEN=087  WAS UNSUCCESSFUL RC(76)

DBLC OPEN=087

Environment

Release : 15.1

Component : DATACOM CICS SERVICES

Cause

Datacom Return Code 76 it's a generic OPEN ERROR, so check the MUF joblog for any specific error.

Resolution

At the same date/time MBCBATCH job gets the errors:

MBCE137-COMMAND DBLC OPEN=086  WAS UNSUCCESSFUL RC(76)                           05/29/22 02:14:08 MBCRXDPL 2.1 USZAPK4
MBCE137-COMMAND DBLC OPEN=087  WAS UNSUCCESSFUL RC(76)                           05/29/22 02:14:08 MBCRXDPL 2.1 USZAPK4

on MUF joblog these RACF messages were displayed:

 02.14.08 STC16575  ICH408I USER(MUFDEV  ) GROUP(STCGRP  ) NAME(DB2 STC-ZA MUF      )  422
    422               ZDT.DATAB144.AREAIXX.EMPE CL(DATASET ) VOL(DXD205)
    422               INSUFFICIENT ACCESS AUTHORITY
    422               FROM ZDT.DATAB*.** (G)
    422               ACCESS INTENT(UPDATE )  ACCESS ALLOWED(NONE   )
 02.14.08 STC16575  ICH408I USER(MUFDEV  ) GROUP(STCGRP  ) NAME(DB2 STC-ZA MUF      )  424
    424               LBT.DATAB187.AREAIXX.LOB CL(DATASET ) VOL(DXD207)
    424               INSUFFICIENT ACCESS AUTHORITY
    424               FROM LBT.DATAB*.** (G)
    424               ACCESS INTENT(UPDATE )  ACCESS ALLOWED(NONE   )
 02.14.56 STC16575  ICH408I USER(MUFDEV  ) GROUP(STCGRP  ) NAME(DB2 STC-ZA MUF      )  456
    456               LBT.DATAB187.AREAIXX.LOB CL(DATASET ) VOL(DXD207)
    456               INSUFFICIENT ACCESS AUTHORITY
    456               FROM LBT.DATAB*.** (G)
    456               ACCESS INTENT(UPDATE )  ACCESS ALLOWED(NONE   )

So MUFDEV is not authorized to open some datasets.