According to "Setting up a Sysplex" If SMS is not active when you attempt to use a system logger application, system logger issues system messages that indicate allocation errors.
If the SMS address space is not active when you attempt to use a system logger application, system logger issues system messages that indicate allocation errors and the application will not be able to use the logger function. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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