You can identify an abend by one or more of the following indicators:
- The printed system output of a program
- A system message's text
- An ISMF abend panel
- An ISPF abend panel
- A TSO/E message identifying an abend condition
- A SYS1.LOGREC record
- An SVC DUMP
The means by which the system indicates an abend condition provides
sufficient evidence (message prefix or text, operation performed,
module that detected the failure, ISMF abend panel, and so forth)
to determine which DFSMSdfp component received the abend.
A damaged Virtual Storage Access Method (VSAM) data set can cause
an ABEND0C4 in any of these modules (repairing the data set resolves
the problem):
- IDA019RC
- IDA019RE
- IDA019RF
- IDA019RG
- IDA019RH
- IDA019RI
- IDA019RJ
- IDA019RN
- IDA019RW
- IDA019R4
To determine whether you have a damaged data set, use the IDCAMS
EXAMINE command as described in the topic on functional command format
in
z/OS DFSMS Access Method Services Commands and the topic on checking a VSAM key-sequenced
data set cluster for structural errors in
z/OS DFSMS Using Data Sets.
The EXAMINE command provides details about the nature of data set
damage.
For more information on diagnosing problems with damaged VSAM RLS
data sets, refer to VSAM record management (R/M) diagnostic aids.