IEH227I OBTAIN MACRO FAILED

[Anithab]

Hi all,

I am facing this error

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SYSTEM SUPPORT UTILITIES ---- IEHPROGM

  SCRATCH DSNAME=ANITHAB.T.CNTL,VOL=3390=XXX123,MEMBER=FF01
 IEH227I OBTAIN MACRO FAILED.  OBTAIN RETURN CODE =08.

  SCRATCH DSNAME=ANITHAB.T.CNTL,VOL=3390=XXX123,MEMBER=FF02
 IEH227I OBTAIN MACRO FAILED.  OBTAIN RETURN CODE =08.

  SCRATCH DSNAME=ANITHAB.T.CNTL,VOL=3390=XXX123,MEMBER=FF03
 IEH227I OBTAIN MACRO FAILED.  OBTAIN RETURN CODE =08.

  SCRATCH DSNAME=ANITHAB.T.CNTL,VOL=3390=XXX123,MEMBER=FF04
 IEH227I OBTAIN MACRO FAILED.  OBTAIN RETURN CODE =08.

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I later checked the DFSMS guide on OBTAIN and found this

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  The format-1 DSCB was not found in the VTOC of the      specified volume.  
 

I am not sure of format-1 DSCB . Could anyone assist me on this issue in helping me resolving it?

Thanks

[enrico-sorichetti]

the format 1 dscb contains the dataset name

use ispf 3.4 to check that the volume specified contains the dataset You are processing
and/or to find out the correct volume

[Anithab]

Hi Enrico,

Thanks for the pointer.

I went to 3.4 option and saw that ANITHAB.T.CNTL was marked as *ALIAS and Does that mean the ALIAS dataset cannot be used for SCRATCH?

Also inorder to make it work should I point the dataset to the original one instead of ALIAS? Or what is that I am missing here?

[enrico-sorichetti]

inorder to make it work should I point the dataset to the original one instead of ALIAS?

Yes!

the alias exists ONLY in the catalog
the VTOC contains the TRUE/ORIGINAL dataset name
so that is the one You should be using

[Anithab]

Thanks Enrico, I modified the dataset to original and SCRATCH worked perfectly.