DFS394A AN RBA SEQUENCE ERROR OCCURRED FOR FUNCTION ff

Explanation

A utility program was reading an ESDS, and the returned relative byte address (RBA) of the record was not higher than the prior one.

System action

Processing terminates with a nonzero return code.

Programmer response

The database is in error. Recovery of the data set is required. Use the Database Recovery utility to accomplish this recovery.

Problem determination

2, 3, 8, 36. Also, if running under the Utility Control Facility, rerun the job with a FUNCTION=OP,MSGNUM=394 control statement in the DFSYSIN data set. Supply a SYSUDUMP DD statement to this step.

Module

DFSUDMP0, DFSURDB0