Technote (troubleshooting)
Problem(Abstract)
If you do not enter a valid customer number or VTAM password correctly, VTAM cannot be initialized and the following message is issued:
IST001I VTAM START REJECTED - INVALID CUSTNO OR VTAMPW
Resolving the problem
This message indicates that password validation found an error. Possible reasons for the message can be any of the following causes:
- Incorrect customer number specified on the CUSTNO operand
- Incorrect VTAM password specified on the VTAMPW operand
- The VTAMPW operand specified before the CUSTNO operand
- The CUSTNO and VTAMPW operands not specified before any other START operand, including LIST
See also the related IBM Technote 1167175: Cannot locate VTAM registration password for VSE/VTAM product for more information.
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