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MVS
Abend Codes
and Their
Proc SQL:
Causes Beyond the
Basics Using SAS
Note that abend codes starting with U
are User abends, and are not issued by By Kirk Paul Lafler
MVS. PROC SQL, SQL
Any program can issue a User abend procedure language on
SAS
and its meaning is determined by the Inspect/Order Proc SQL:
program. Beyond the Basics Using
In the new Language Environment, SAS from Amazon.com
COBOL issues several User abends List of books on
instead of letting MVS issue the abend. Mainframe topics
If you have the Language Environment,
be aware that some of the MVS abends
will not appear.
This is always in development. If you
have corrections or clarifications, please
send them in.
Thanks to David Rawson for sending
information about SE37 for tapes.

Use IBM's LookAt to find text in

IBM manuals that explains error
messages from IBM LookAt Murach's
Explain error messages in ZOS, Structured
VM, VSE, AIX, Linux. COBOL
System Completion Codes from
IBM manual By Mike Murach
CICS Abend Codes from IBM Modern COBOL. CICS
basics, DB2 basics,
CICS Messages and Codes TSO/ISPF,
GC34-6003-07 Microfocus/Merant
COBOL,and Object
IMS V9 Messages and Codes Oriented COBOL.
Vol. 2 IMS abends, DLI status Inspect/Order Murach's
codes, like GB, II IBM GC18- Structured COBOL from
7827-00 09/02/04 Amazon.com
IBM IMS DLI Status Codes. IBM
Manual on line. 1 per page.
VSAM and QSAM File Status
Codes/keys
VSAM and QSAM File Status
Codes/keys from IBM manual
Abend: Application Debugging:
An MVS Abend Handbook for
Cobol, Assembly, Pli, and
Fortran Programmers
Tutorial on abend codes At U of
SC
Tutorial on abend codes: VSAM,
CICS, MVS by Lightning
Solutions Ltd
SQLcodes from this site
SQLCODES for DB2 Version 8
from the IBM manual GC18-
7422-0 04/06/05
Abend codes under TSO/ISPF
from the IBM manual SC34-
4821-04
Terminal I/O error codes under
TSO/ISPF from the IBM manual
SC34-4821-04
ISPF Edit macro return codes
from the IBM manual SC34-
4820-04 07/12/05

S001-4 Abend
Input file record length is not equal to
the length stated in the DD or the FD.
Wrong length record.
IO error, damaged tape, device
malfunction.
With disk, reading a dataset that was
allocated but never written to.
Writing to input file
Concatenation of files with different
record lengths or record formats.
 S001-5 Abend
Reading after the end of the file by non-
COBOL program.
COBOL intercepts this and displays
"QSAM error, status 92".
Out of space on output disk file.

S002 Abend
With variable format files used for
output.
The record is larger than the track size.
The record length is greater than
allowed maximum 32,768.
The wrong record length is being used
on output.
The 4-byte record length indicator is
wrong.
Record greater than 32,768 bytes

S013-10 Abend
A dummy file with no blocksize.

S013-14 Abend
A library has run out of space in its
directory.
You have to backup, delete, and restore
the library with IEBCOPY.
A dataset is sequential, but the JCL
indicates that it is a library/PDS.

S013-18 Abend
A library member was specified in the
JCL but was not found.

S013-20 Abend
The block size is not a multiple of
record length.
Check record length in program,
compare to actual record length of file
 S013-34 Abend
The block size was found to be 0.
A new file is being created but block
size was not in the JCL.

S013-40 Abend
Reading a file whose JCL has
SYSOUT=

S106 Abend
The program on the program library was
unreadable. Recompile and link.

S122 Abend
The job was canceled because it violated
some restriction.
A dump was requested

S137 Abend
A tape has a bad trailer label.
Copy the file with IEBGENER, ignoring
the error. The copy will be good.
Using LABEL=2 when there's only one
dataset on the tape.

S213 Abend
A disk dataset was not actually on the
volume stated in the VOL=SER=.
A disk dataset was not actually on the
volume indicated in the catalog.

S222 Abend
The job was cancelled because it
violated some restriction.
No dump was requested.
 S237 Abend
The block count on a tape trailer label is
wrong.
Probably caused by hardware error.
Copy the file with IEBGENER, ignoring
the error. The copy will be good.
A problem with the second volume of
tape or disk.

S313, 314 Abend

An Input/output error in the VTOC of a
disk volume. Inform support staff.
OS
S322 Abend
The job used more CPU time than it
should have.
Either the estimate is wrong or the
program is in an uncontrollable loop. Utilities

S413 Abend By Doug Lowe

A classic, but useful book
until there is no more
A volume was needed that could not be MVS/OS390.
mounted. Inspect/Order OS Utilities
from Amazon.com

S422 Abend
Too many job steps.

S513 Abend
Two jobs or DDNAMES wanting same
tape at same time.

S522 Abend
Job was waiting too long.

S613 Abend
A bad tape label.
 S637 Abend
A bad concatenation, different types of
devices were used.
An unreadable tape mark or label.

S706 Abend
The program on the library was not
executable.
See linkage editor report that put the
program on library.

S713 Abend
The tape was unexpired and the operator
terminated the job.

S714 Abend
Labels on the tape were bad.

S722 Abend
Too many lines of print.

S804 Abend
Region too small for the program.

S806 Abend
Program not on the library. May need a
JOBLIB or STEPLIB.

S80A Abend
Region too small for the program.

S813 Abend
Right tape volume, wrong dataset name.
Right dataset name, wrong tape volume.

S913 Abend
Security violation.

SA13 Abend
Label=n states the wrong number.

SB14 Abend
No space in a library directory for this
member's name.

SB37 Abend
Insufficient disk space.

SD37 Abend
Insufficient disk space.

SE37 Abend
Insufficient disk space.
the maximum number of extents would
be exceeded. For instance, when
exceeding 16 extents of a PDS.
An E37 on tape datasets is most often
caused when the number of requested
volumes is exceeded. The default is 5,
therefore a request for the sixth volume
will fail with a E37.

S0C1 Abend
Executing a program with an unresolved
external reference.
Calling a program and the program was
not included during link edit.
An uncontrolled loop moved data on top
of instructions.
Reading a file that is not open
Your SORTIN DCB was not correct
Mixing compile options RES and
NORES in different modules

S042Privileged
Operation Abend
Read/write to unopened file
An uncontrolled loop moved data on top
of instructions.

S0C4 Protection
Abend
An uncontrolled loop moved data on top
of instructions.
referencing a field in a record of a
closed file
referencing an item in Linkage-Section
when there was no PARM= in the JCL.
Calling/called programs have different
length for items passed in Linkage
Section
with COBOL Sort, doing a STOP RUN
or GOBACK while
an input or output procedure is still
running

S0C5 Addressing
Abend
See reasons as for 0C4.
Falling through into an ENTRY
statement
Transferring control into the middle of a
SORT procedure.

S0C6 Specification
Abend
Bad boundary alignment for binary data.

See reasons for 0C4

 S0C7 Abend
Program attempting to do math on
illegal data.
Data is not numeric, but should be.
Moving ZEROS to group item whose
subordinate items
are packed-decimal
Uninitialized packed-decimal fields.
Record description is wrong. Field starts
or ends in the wrong place in the record.

Find record description of creating

program.

S0CB Abend
Attempting to divide by 0 and not using
ON SIZE ERROR

U1002 Abend
Conflicting file attributes. See S013.

U1005 Abend
Executing with modules compiled both
with RES and NORES

U1006 Abend
Subscript out of range

U1017 Abend
Missing DD statement in JCL for
DISPLAY or ACCEPT verb

U1020 Abend
Problem opening or processing a file.
Check the file status.
 U1026 Abend
COBOL sort failed.

U1034 Abend
Same as SB37 Abend

U1035 Abend
Conflicting DCB parameters. Same as
S013.

U1037 Abend
Program control falls through the last
physical statement in program,
which is not GOBACK/STOP RUN.

U1056 Abend
Program didn't close a file before ending

U1066, U1075
Abend
Conflicting DCB information for file
defined as EXTERNAL

U1072, U1073,
U1074 Abend
Illegal numbers in reference
modification

U3000 Abend
COBOL LE intercepted the Abend.
Messages in SYSDBOUT.

U4038 Abend
 COBOL LE intercepted the Abend.
Messages in CEEDUMP.

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