Messages
Use the information in these topics to help you diagnose and solve IMS Fast Path Basic Tools problems.
For each message, the following accompanying information is provided where applicable:
- Explanation:
- This explains what the message text means, what caused the message to be issued, and what its variable entry fields are (if any).
- System action:
- This explains what the system will do next
- User response:
- This describes whether a response is necessary, what the appropriate response should be, and what the resulting effect is on the system or program.
Message prefixes
The following table shows the prefixes of messages and the utility or the process that issues the messages.| Prefix | Utility or process |
|---|---|
| FABA | DEDB Pointer Checker of FPB |
| FABB | Tuning Aid of FPB |
| FABC | Unload or Reload of FPB |
| FABD | Common routines of FPB |
| FABU | Diagnostics Aid utilities. For Diagnostics Aid messages, see the IMS Fast Path Solution Pack: IMS High Performance Fast Path Utilities User's Guide. |
Message suffixes
Some messages provide additional information by including the following suffixes:
- A
- Indicates that operator intervention is required before processing can continue.
- I
- Indicates that the message is informational only.
- W
- Indicates that the message is a warning to alert you to a possible error condition.
- E
- Indicates that an error occurred, which might or might not require operator intervention.
Description for FABc messages
The messages describe conditions detected during program execution and any errors encountered. Very severe errors result in both an error message and a request for a "User Code" abend. For a User Abend condition, the error message is written to the SYSPRINT data set (MSGOUT data set in FABADA9) and issued as a WTO to the job log.
Each of the FPB messages has one of the following formats:
- FABc0nxxy text
- FABc35xxy text
- FABc36xxy text
- FABc37xxy text
- FABc38xxy text
- FABc39xxy text
- FABc40xxy text
Note: FABc35xxy,
FABc36xxy, FABc37xxy,
FABc38xxy, FABc39xxy,
and FABc40xxy is associated with an abend condition.
where:
- c
- Describes which component issues the message. See the message prefixes section in this topic.
- n
- Is the suffix of the program name (for example, FABADA1, n is 1).
- xx
- Is a two-digit number associated with the information or error message being issued.
- y
- Describes the severity of the message. See the message suffixes section in this topic.