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Message destinations

PSF for z/OS® (hereafter referred to as PSF) issues messages to one or more of the following destinations, depending on which is most appropriate:

Operator's console: Messages that the operator or system programmer must address.
Security administrator's console: Messages reporting security violations or errors in the processing of security functions.
Job submitter's console: Messages reporting the completion or failure of a job to print.
In the printed output: Messages reporting the position from which data is retransmitted during a recovery.
Following the printed output: Messages describing errors in the data stream. Also, a duplicate copy of any message issued in the printed output.
SYSLOG data set: Issued if the NOTIFY parameter is specified on the JCL for the data set being transmitted.
stderr: Some messages issued by PSF running under z/OS UNIX System Services, hereafter referred to as UNIX System Services.
Log file: Some messages issued by PSF running under UNIX System Services.