Thanks for the help. I found that I have to specify DCB=(LRECL=32756,RECFM=VBS,BLKSIZE=32760) in the input DD regardless of IFASMFDP or SORT to get by. Will specifying the LRECL during the initialization of the data set solve this problem?
-----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of R.S. Sent: Tuesday, March 14, 2006 10:55 AM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Abend 002-04 extracting SMF records Kok, Howi wrote: > Hi All, > > I'm experiencing abend 002-04 when reading SMF data on a tape with > IFASMFDP. I searched the list archive and found some records of the > same problem in 1999. One suggestion offered was to use DFSORT with > SPANINC=RC0. I tried this and did not work. We are on z/OS and DFSORT > 1.4. The SORT message is ICE027A 2 END OF FIELD BEYOND MAXIMUM > RECORD LENGTH. The tape data set is a weekly accumulation of SMF data > and was initialized with the following JCL: > > //INIT EXEC PGM=IEBGENER > > //SYSUT1 DD DUMMY > > //SYSUT2 DD DSN=SMF.WEEKLY(+1),DCB=(BLKSIZE=32760,RECFM=VBS),... > > //SYSIN DD DUMMY > > > > Can anyone suggest what might be the problem and how to deal with this? //K10 EXEC PGM=ICEMAN //SYSOUT DD SYSOUT=* //SORTIN DD DISP=SHR,DSN=SYS1.ARCHSMF.G0367V00 <-- broken dataset //SORTOUT DD DSN=SYS1.VBSFIX,DISP=(,CATLG),LIKE=SYS1.ARCHSMF.G0367V00, // VOL=(,,,14),SPACE=(CYL,(1000,1000)) //SYSIN DD * OPTION COPY,SPANINC=RC4 -- Radoslaw Skorupka Lodz, Poland ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html ********************************************************************** This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept by MIMEsweeper for the presence of computer viruses. www.clearswift.com ********************************************************************** ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html