CA Datacom failure RC 74 (081) DB01401E

Products

• Datacom
• Datacom/DB
• DATACOM - AD

Issue/Introduction

I am getting a Datacom return code 74 (81),  what does it mean?

Environment

Release: All releases

Component: CA Datacom/AD or DB

Cause

The error indicates there was a dynamic allocation error.

Resolution

To find out more information on the RC74(081) check the Datacom MUF for error message DB01401E which will give more information on the error and which file could not be allocated.

DB01401E MVS DYNAMIC ALLOCATION ERROR, DDNAME=xxxxxx, R15=n, ERROR=nnn, INFO=nnnn                                       

The ERROR= value is obtained from the DYNALLOC S99ERROR

The  INFO= value is obtained from the DYNALLOC S99INFO

 

The following is a list of the common SVC99 or DYNALLOC Error Reason Code :             

0210 - Requested data set unavailable.  The dataset is allocated to another job and it's usage attribute conflicts with this request.  (dsname allocation)                                

0214 - Unit not available.                                

0218 - Specified volume or an acceptable volume is not mounted.                                    

0238 - Space unavailable in task I/O table (TIOT)         

1708, 1718, 172C - LOCATE error. Cannot find dsname in catalog, volume, etc.                           

0450 - Request caused the limit of concurrent allocations (TIOT) to be exceeded.                             

For a complete list of reason codes, refer to the  z/OS MVS Programming: Authorized Assembler Services Guide section Interpreting DYNALLOC Return Codes  

This problem may happen to CA Datacom/AD sites at upgrade time on DBID 002 Data sets (IXX002 or DD1002); these data sets are not frequently opened and may have been archived then deleted.  Always take backups.        

Additional Information

See the CA Datacom messages documentation on Return Code 74 and error message DB01401E