ERDS Formats

The error-recording data sets have an ERDS header record followed by error and operational records.

Important: The ERDS header records reside only in the ERDS; they do not exist in the HISTORY FILE (generated with the HIST=Y parameter).

The characteristics of each operating system determine the format of the ERDS, but the records on a system’s ERDS conform to a standard of both format and content regardless of the system that records them.