OPSMAIN gets IEF196I IKJ56241I SPECIFIED UNIT IS UNDEFINED on startup

Products

• OPS/MVS Event Management & Automation

Issue/Introduction

 During OPS/MVS startup the OPSMAIN started task can fail with the following informational message:

IEF196I IKJ56241I SPECIFIED UNIT IS UNDEFINED.

How to resolve this problem?

 

 

 

 

 

Resolution

The message indicaties a problem with an esoteric that reference to a unit or volume that is not available.

Use the OPSTART1 startup member to add the following statement right before the OX to the OPSSPAxx member:

 OPSPARM Set(vio) value(sysda)  

This will allow define the VIO esoteric with your site standard.

Additional Information

A reference to the OPSPARM command processor can be found in the link below:

OPS/MVS - Command and Function Reference - OPSPARM Command Processor