Analyzing DIAGNOSE Output

If DIAGNOSE finds errors, it issues messages explaining the errors. The record in error is also dumped, unless you specify NODUMP.

The messages provided by DIAGNOSE can result in the following summaries:

A list of all entries that had no errors
A list of entries that had errors
A list of volume serial numbers that were found to be associated with the BCS that were not encountered during a BCS entry scan
A list of BCS names found to be associated with a given VVDS that were not encountered during a VVDS entry scan
A list of comparison members that were not encountered during processing
A list of included or excluded members that were not encountered during processing.

The output of DIAGNOSE generally consists of three error messages. The first, message IDC21364I, provides the following information:

The name (and type) of data entry being checked
The key of the record for a BCS or the RBA of the record for a VVDS
The offset to the start of the cell causing the error
A reason that describes the error.

The second message is usually IDC21365I, which provides a display of the records in error. If this record was previously displayed, the record is not displayed again. If the record is a DSCB, the first 44 bytes of the record are not displayed.

The third message produced by DIAGNOSE is IDC21363I, which is a summary of all the errors found by DIAGNOSE.