How can I verify the CA Spool parameters for any potential errors?

Products

• OM Spool

Issue/Introduction

How can I verify the CA Spool parameters for any potential errors?

 

 

Environment

Spool 14.0

Resolution

There are times when our ESFPARM or CBQ4PARM members were updated and when a recycle was done on the task it failed with errors.  Please be advised that modifications to statements that affect the initialization process will not be checked. That is only done during a live start of the STC. For syntax checking of Spool statements and parameters you can perform the following steps: 

1. Start the Spool STC with PARM=SCAN. This will perform a syntax check and then end the STC.
2. Run ESFMAIN program as a batch job and specify PARM=SCAN. This will perform a syntax check and then end the job.
   
   Results of a failed scan with errors found. Look for messages; ESF018, ESF005 and ESF002 .

   JOB45999   $HASP373 L1SPL11  STARTED - WLM INIT  - SRVCLASS xxxxxx - SYS SYSA   
   JOB45999   IEF403I L1SPL11 - STARTED - TIME=12.33.46                             
   JOB45999   ESF018  HKPTDS NUM=2,                           00003200   
   JOB45999   ESF005  PARAMETER STATEMENT IS INVALID                               
   JOB45999   ESF018  DSNAME=preix.R14.ESFCKPT2               00003300               
   JOB45999   ESF005  PARAMETER STATEMENT IS INVALID                                
   JOB45999  +ESF002  INITIALIZATION FAILED, CORRECT ABOVE PROBLEMS AND RESTART E  
   JOB45999  CAJR250I STEPNAME STEP   PGM=   CCODE  EST-COST   EXCPS     ELAPSED   
   JOB45999  CAJR251I $$$$$$@     1 ESFMAIN  0004      $ .93     182 00:00:01.12   
   JOB45999  IEF404I L1SPL11 - ENDED - TIME=12.33.47

   Notice the sequence numbers on the right side of each ESFPARM or CAIQPARM statement. These will help you find the statement or group of statements in error. Results of a good scan with no errors found. Look for the ESF015 message.

   JOB45605  $HASP373 L1SPL11  STARTED - WLM INIT  - SRVCLASS xxxxxx - SYS SYSA   
   JOB45605  IEF403I L1SPL11 - STARTED - TIME=12.10.11   
   JOB45605  +ESF015  INITIALIZATION PARAMETERS SUCCESSFULLY SCANNED   
   JOB45605  CAJR250I STEPNAME STEP   PGM=   CCODE  EST-COST   EXCPS   
   JOB45605  CAJR251I $$$$$$@        1 ESFMAIN  0000          $1.09     204   
   JOB45605  IEF404I L1SPL11 - ENDED - TIME=12.10.13