4. EXCEPTIONS › 4.3 Detailed Exception Descriptions › 04017: CICS VSAM Buffer Wait

04017: CICS VSAM Buffer Wait

FILE:             CICS Incident File
SAS FILE NAME:    DETAIL.CICCIN01
SOURCE LOCATION:  prefix.MICS.USER.SOURCE(DYCICEXC)

SEVERITY:  Warning              (SEVERITY='W')
MANAGEMENT AREA:  Performance   (MGMTAREA='PERFORMANCE')

PURPOSE:  Identifies a VSAM buffer overutilization.

RATIONALE:  To access some files, CICS transactions require a
VSAM i/o buffer.  If a buffer is not available when the
transaction needs to access the file, the transaction will
have to wait until a buffer becomes available.

DEFINITION:  This exception is noted when the VSAM buffer
wait indicator in any transaction record is set.

EXCEPTION STATEMENTS:  The SAS statements identifying the
exception situation and describing the condition are stored
in the source member named in SOURCE LOCATION and are
described below.

***************************************************
**  04017
**  CICS VSAM BUFFER WAIT
*;
IF CINCODE = 5
THEN DO;
EXCCODE='04017'; SEVERITY='W'; MGMTAREA='PERFORMANCE';
EXCDESC1 = CINTEXT;
EXCDESC2= 'TRAN=' || TRANCODE ||
        ' TERM=' || TERMINAL ||
        ' OPER=' || OPERID;
LINK HIT;
END;

THRESHOLD MODIFICATION:  None required