Abend S837-08 Transferring a Tape File with More Than Five Volumes XCOM for z/OS

Products

• XCOM Data Transport
• XCOM Data Transport - z/OS

Issue/Introduction

You may get an S837-08 abend transferring a multi-volume tape dataset with XCOM for z/OS after five volumes have been transferred.

Environment

:XCOM™ Data Transport® for z/OS 

Cause

This problem can happen if TAPE=YES was not specified.

Resolution

TAPE=YES must always be specified if the remote file is on tape. If this is not specified, then tape parameters such as LABEL, SEQ#, TAPE and VOLCT are set to their default values.

If TAPE=YES is not coded, XCOM assumes the remote file is on DASD. The VOLCT always defaults to five both for DASD and TAPE. That is why a multi-volume tape transfer may abend after five volumes.