DFS2868W INVALID BLOCKSIZE SPECIFIED FOR EXTERNAL TRACE DATA SET nnnnnnnn

Explanation

Either of the following situations occurred:
  • One of the external trace disk data sets has a block size smaller than the other data set
  • The block size of the two external trace disk data sets is smaller than the minimum size
Both external trace data sets must have the same block size of at least 4020.
In the message text:
nnnnnnnn
The DD name of the external trace data set whose block size is in error.

System action

IMS does not use the external trace data set in error. If both data sets have errors, message DFS2867A is issued; you can send the trace tables to the IMS log or keep them in storage.

Operator response

Notify the IMS system programmer.