Hi,

One of my daily Production job failed with FOC198 error as below while executing TABLE PRINT command on one of the file which has 3 segments.
(FOC198) FATAL ERROR IN DATABASE I/O. FOCUS TERMINATING ERROR READING ....

Only difference compared to previous runs is that the Focus file which was on one Volume earlier is now in two volumes due to cummulative addition of daily input. Could you please help me on whether any change required to my JCL or FOCUS Program or Focus files to fix the FOC198 error. Please provide any information on how to handle focus files on multiple volumes in JCL/TSO/FOCUS programs.

Dataset information is as below:
eneral Data Current Allocation
Management class . . : PRIVATE Allocated cylinders : 4,500
Storage class . . . : SMBA Allocated extents . : 5
Volume serial . . . : SBA723 +
Device type . . . . : 3390
Data class . . . . . : DVCVOL
Organization . . . : PS Current Utilization
Record format . . . : F Used cylinders . . : 4,500
Record length . . . : 16384 Used extents . . . : 5
Block size . . . . : 16384
1st extent cylinders: 16
Secondary cylinders : 1500 Dates
Data set name type : Creation date . . . : 2012/06/29
SMS Compressible. . : NO Referenced date . . : 2012/07/17
Expiration date . . : ***None***

On pressing ENTER, shows the volume information as below:

Esssssssssss Volume Information sssssssssssN
e e
e Command ===> e
e e
e All allocated volumes: e
e More: + e
e Number of volumes allocated: 2 e
e e
e SBA723 SBA7H5 e
e e
e e
e e
e F1=Help F3=Exit F12=Cancel e
DssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssM

This message has been edited. Last edited by: Kerry,

So this is a single FOCUS file across multiple volumes ?

Whats the stats on the FOCUS file ?

? FILE {focus file}, or one of the other FOCUS command to get info on the FOCUS file.

Data is one focus file with 3 segments.
In my JCL, it is coded as
PARENT DD DSN=FILE1
SEGMENT2 DD DSN=FILE2
SEGMENT3 DD DSN=FILE3

SEGMENT3 is having huge data and on multiple volumes. I forgot to mention that its XFOCUS files with LRECL & BLKSIZE as 16384.

I would suggest opening a case with Techsupport to find out if there are limitations on a segment on multiple volumes.

Could you please help me with the contact procedure(thru phone/email/request) of Tech Support ?

Goto http://www.informationbuilders.com. Hover over the menu option for Services and Support, then click on the Tech Support menu option.

On the next page you will see a "Contact Us" link which will give you contact information.

The detail within the "Before You Contact Support" link will give you a "heads up" on the information that you will require to hand before contacting support.

T

Thanks TONY.. your support really helped me in the right way.