Error: Return code 8 when doing a table edit on STC table panel 4.11.U.R

Products

• OPS/MVS Event Management & Automation

Issue/Introduction

When using the TE command against the SSM resource table the following message appears:

EDIT table STCTBL failed RC=8

Environment

OPS/MVS

Cause

An unexpected termination of an user may leave an enqueue of a table in the held state

Resolution

If an OPSMVS SSM table is ENQUEUED or hung you can try one of the following methods to free it

Access the following panels via the OPSVIEW Primary Options Menu:

1) Using panel 2.6:
         Type F at table name that is hung to free it.

2) From an ADDRESS TSO environment:

       OI ASOTEAPI FREE TABLE(table_name) {USER(system>userid)}

 

If the methods above do not work, then perform the following...

3) Using panel 4.8

- Use GLVTEMP# being # 0 or 1 in the "Global Prefix" field

- Then find the userid that is holding the table, type D to free it.