BPXF156E RETURN CODE 0000008B REASON CODE EF07603D during APPLY

Products

• Compress Data Compression (IMS Tools)
• DATABASE MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS FOR IMS FOR Z/OS

Issue/Introduction

Received following message during APPLY for Database Management Solutions for IMS for z/OS:

BPXF156E RETURN CODE 0000008B, REASON CODE EF07603D.  PATHMODE COULD NOT BE SET FOR FILE /u/cai/imsmgmt/CA/ITKCRENT.

Resolution

BPXF156E RETURN CODE 0000008B REASON CODE EF07603D indicates :

• Return code (errnos)   008B       PERM : the operation is not permitted.
• Reason code EF07 603D           EFxxrrrr : Reason code 603D : a SAF chgmode error with Action: Ensure that you are authorized to change the permissions.

UID 0 (supervisor) is required to run the job.