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EXEC CICS SPOOL command returns NOSPOOL error

Troubleshooting


Problem

Your CICS Transaction Server for z/OS (CICS TS) application receives spool errors with an EIBRESP of 80 indicating NOSPOOL and an EIBRESP2 of 4 indicating no subsystem present. The same codes occur for EXEC CICS SPOOLREAD, SPOOLWRITE, and SPOOLOPEN INPUT or OUTPUT.

[{"Product":{"code":"SSGMGV","label":"CICS Transaction Server"},"Business Unit":{"code":"BU048","label":"IBM Software"},"Component":"Spooler","Platform":[{"code":"PF035","label":"z\/OS"}],"Version":"5.2;5.1;4.2;4.1;3.2;3.1","Edition":"","Line of Business":{"code":"LOB70","label":"Z TPS"}}]

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Modified date:
08 October 2025

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