M204.2561

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M204.2561  ECF token module​=​token2 completion​=​token3 reason​=​token4 return​=​token5 ECTASK​=​hexValue TCB​=​hexValue2

An External Call Facility (ECF) operation failed when processing the external module named in the message.

  • Operation (token) can be one of:

    Operation

    You issued ECF statement

    z/OS response

    CALL

    EXTERNAL CALL

    ABEND external program

    DELETE

    EXTERNAL DELETE

    Issue an error to DELETE request

    LOAD ABENDED

    EXTERNAL LOAD

    ABEND during this processing

    LOAD FAILED

    EXTERNAL LOAD

    Issue an error to LOAD request

  • Completion code (token3) has two formats:

    Completion code

    Type of code

    Snnn

    z/OS system code, described in IBM z/OS System Codes, GC28-1780

    Unnnn

    User ABEND code, issued by the external program that ABENDed

    The Completion code is a hexadecimal value for system codes and a decimal value for user ABEND codes.

  • Reason code (token4) is a hexadecimal value.
  • Return code (token5) is a decimal value.

The message always reports either a Return code or a Completion code and associated Reason code.

Response: Determine what action needs to be taken, based on the error code.

Message attributes:

RETCODEO=0Sets online return code
RETCODEB=0Sets batch (single user) return code
CLASS=IInformation class; the message can be suppressed with the X'02' bit setting of the MSGCTL parameter
AUDITRKWrites the message with line type RK to the audit trail
NOCOUNTDoes not increment the error count (ERCNT) parameter
NOTERMDoes not display the message on the user's terminal

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