Error messages

A variety of system messages can indicate conditions that range from simple typing errors to problems with system devices or programs.

Error messages can be sent to a message queue or to a program and shown on a display. Messages might be one of the following messages:

An error message on your current display.
A message regarding a system problem that is sent to the system operator message queue, QSYSOPR.
A message regarding a device problem that is sent to the message queue specified in a device description.
A message regarding a potential severe system condition that is sent to the QSYSMSG message queue, the system operator message queue, and other message queues specified by the users.
An unexpected error message that is not handled by a program (shown on the Display Program Messages display).