Storage Management Subsystem message-indicated failure source identification

Use this section to isolate the probable source of a message-indicated failure to an area within SMS or to one of the services external to DFSMS that SMS uses. The following procedure may be necessary if SMS issues a failure-related message that identifies a non-DFSMS component.

  1. If a failure-related SMS message identifies a module whose name begins with IGD, the source of the failure is probably within SMS.
  2. If a failure-related SMS message identifies a module whose name begins with anything other than IGD, use the message to module table in the appendix of the following sources to determine the failure-related component: