Try adding STORCLASS=NONSMS to your tape dd.
IF you are using any type of tape management product, e.g. CA1, RMM, ZARA, whatever, It is generally best to use the product's utility to init tapes. HTH Linda ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jake anderson" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, April 2, 2012 7:54:10 PM Subject: Re: Fwd: Initialize Tape error "Are your SMS rules overriding your allocation?" Yes ACS routines are overriding it. 890 is our TAPE device. On Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 8:37 PM, McKown, John <[email protected]>wrote: > Probably due to lack of a DISP= parameter on the DD. The default is > DISP=(NEW,DELETE,DELETE). The OP should likely use a DISP=OLD on the DD > that defines the drive to be used to initialize the tape. As coded, the DSN > is a temporary DSN and DISP=(NEW,DELETE,DELETE), and so I would guess that > the SMS routines are being invoked and trying to allocate a temporary disk > dataset. > > John McKown > > Systems Engineer IV > > IT > > > > Administrative Services Group > > > > HealthMarkets(r) > > > > 9151 Boulevard 26 * N. Richland Hills * TX 76010 > > (817) 255-3225 phone * > > [email protected] * www.HealthMarkets.com > > > > Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message may contain confidential or > proprietary information. If you are not the intended recipient, please > contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original > message. HealthMarkets(r) is the brand name for products underwritten and > issued by the insurance subsidiaries of HealthMarkets, Inc. -The Chesapeake > Life Insurance Company(r), Mid-West National Life Insurance Company of > TennesseeSM and The MEGA Life and Health Insurance Company.SM > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Richard L Peurifoy > > Sent: Monday, April 02, 2012 10:01 AM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: Fwd: Initialize Tape error > > > > On 4/2/2012 4:26 AM, Jake anderson wrote: > > > Changed the subject header > > > > > > >> On Sun, Apr 1, 2012 at 11:16 PM, Jake > > anderson<[email protected]> > > >> wrote: > > >>> Dear All, > > >>> > > >>> Reason for opting another option to initialize was due to > > the below > > >> abend : > > >>> > > >>> SYSTEM SUPPORT UTILITIES IEHINITT > > >>>>> > > >>>> > > >>>> TAPE INITT SER=Z9BQB1 > > >>>>> 00070000 > > >>>> > > >>>> IEH627I VOLUME NOT LABELED , REASON CODE = 00001000. > > REFER TO MESSAGE > > >>>>> MANUAL FOR FOR EXPLANATION OF BIT SETTINGS > > >>>> > > >>>> IEH605I INVALID DEVICE ALLOCATED ON D72D > > >>>>> > > >>>> > > >>>> IEH607I ALLOCATED DEVICES EXHAUSTED > > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>> JCL : > > >>> > > >>> //TAPEINIT JOB MSGCLASS=X,MSGLEVEL=(1,1),CLASS=T, > > >>> // NOTIFY=&SYSUID > > >>> //STEP1 EXEC PGM=IEHINITT > > >>> //TAPE DD UNIT=890,LABEL=(1,SL) > > >>> //SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=* > > >>> //SYSIN DD * > > >>> TAPE INITT SER=Z9BQB1 > > > > The IEH605I message indicates device D72D, but your JCL specifies 890. > > > > Are your SMS rules overriding your allocation? > > > > -- > > Richard > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

