How to interpret messages

The Classic products issue messages to communicate system status and processing results. Messages are identifiable by unique message numbers. The format of a message number can help you understand what the message applies to and, in some cases, its severity.

The numbers that are assigned to messages are associated with specific services, components, or functional areas The following table identifies each set of messages and the service, component, or functional area associated with the message set.

Table 1. Message sets
Message set Service, component, or functional area
-nnnn SQL errors
0x0000 General errors
0x0002 File management
0x000b Query processor
0x0013 JDBC driver
0x002f SQL data errors
0x0042 B-tree
0x0049 Query processor
0x0056 CLI and ODBC clients
0x0057 Metadata catalog
0x0063 Connection handler
0x0065 Configuration management
0x0066 Virtual messaging interface
0x0067 Local queue protocol
0x0068 TCP/IP SKT protocol
0x0069 Virtual communications interface (VCI)
0x006a z/OS® operating system
0x006f ICU/NLS
0x0071
0x0072
0x0073
0x0074
Dynamic catalog update
0x0076 Metadata utility
0x0079 UNIX domain sockets protocol
0x0092 Change data capture engine-to-engine protocol
0x0093 Indexed list interface
0x0103 Replication capture service
0x0109 Replication log reader service
0x010b Classic replication monitoring service
0x010c Classic replication administration service
0x010d Classic replication runtime environment
0x0112 Intertask communication messages (ICMs)

Messages that begin with the CAC and CEC prefixes are console messages. These sets of messages are in the following format:

CECM0001I
CEC
The first three characters represent the Classic product.
M
The fourth character is the component identifier, which identifies the component that issued the message. In this example, M identifies the monitoring service.
0001
The numeric identifier is three to four characters long and begins at the fifth character in the message. The numeric identifier is unique within the component.
I
The last character of the message is the message type code. The message type codes include:
A
Action is required.
E
Error message.
I
Informational message.
W
Warning message.
Table 2. Console message sets
Message set Service, component, or functional area
CAC0 Data server
CACA Controller service
CACB Logger service and log print utility (CACPRTLG)
CACC Connection handler service
CACD Metadata catalog
CACE Query processor service
CACF Database access service
CECC Capture service
CECD DBMS specific messages

Note: The following message sets apply to specific product features:

  • CECD0001 - CECD0255: All product features.
  • CECD1024 - CECD1279: Classic CDC for VSAM only.
CECL General log reader service
CECM Monitoring service
CECN Administration service