Dwight...

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Tim Pittson
tpittson AT himail.hcc DOT com.

Mark,

IBM has stated in APAR IC11804 that the return code passed back to the
server is UNRELIABLE. APAR IC11804 states:

 *The return code from the execution of any of the ADSM executables
(except
the ADSM API) cannot be relied upon, and is not consistent and is
THEREFORE
NOT DOCUMENTED. We will take this APAR as a suggestion to make the
return
codes from the ADSM executables more reliable, or to at least always
return
a negative return code if a failure occurred, in a future release. We
will
also document that the return codes from executables cannot be relied
upon.
 We do log errors in the error log and the schedule log, and these are
what
you should rely upon.*

As iterated in the APAR, to truly verify that client tasks complete
successfully requires that you review information (item entries, not
return
code) that is stored locally on the ADSM client logs.  I hope this
helps.

DanC
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>> Date:    Mon, 22 Jul 1996 05:30:43 -0400
>> From:    Mark Springer <mspringer AT SARA DOT NL>
>> Subject: RESULT (return) code 4 Query Event, anybody?
>>
>> Hello everybody,

>> Where can I find the descriptions of the RESULT-field (=return code from
the
>> client that identifies whether the schedules has executed succesfully)
>> when I do a Query Event <dom-name> <sched-name> f=d ? Or even better:
>> can somebody tell me what RESULT code 4 means? In the dsmsched.log it
gives
>> also:
>>
>>>ANS4847E Scheduled event 'DAILY_OCTOPUS1' failed.  Return code = 4.
>>
>> The misc user guides all refer to the 'appropriate user's guide' but
>> I can't seam to find this guide. Can anybody help me?
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> Mark


>----------
>From:  Dwight Cook[SMTP:decook AT AMOCO DOT COM]
>Sent:  Friday, August 02, 1996 11:28 AM
>To:    Multiple recipients of list ADSM-L
>Subject:       DSMC return codes.....
>
>     for DSMC 2.1.x for aix where can I find the return codes....
>     that is 0: ok 4: file not found, 8:???, 12: ????
>     I want to run a dsmc macro blah in the middle of a database shut
>down
>     and don't want to start the db back up until I know the backup
>ran...
>     Some errors can be ignored but others can't....
>     WHERE CAN I FIND A DETAILED LIST ? ? ? ?
>     Dwight
>