ARS5018I Error occurred processing ARSMVSSR. RC = rc1 (rc2-rsn)

Explanation

The ARSMVSSR function was called to extract the system management facilities (SMF) records, however it encountered a problem. rc1 indicates the type of error:
Value of rc1 Description
1 ATTACH failed
2 SORT failed
3 BPX1OPN failed
4 BPX1WRT failed
rc2 and rsn contain error related return and reason codes.

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