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I am receiving a S16E abend when I use MVS/QuickRef to report on the amount of DASD free space available in our shop. Is there a fix available for this problem?

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I am receiving a S16E abend when I use MVS/QuickRef to report on the amount of DASD free space available in our shop. Is there a fix available for this problem?

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The S16E abend is due to a logic error in DFSMS CVAF code. IBM APAR OA13560 documents the problem. The fixing PTFs are UA21666, UA21667, or UA21668, depending upon your release of DFSMS and/or z/OS. Q: I am trying to upload an update for the MVS/Quickref database. The only instructions given for the upload parameters is that the file needs to be uploaded in BIN format. Can you tell me, if RECFM and LRECL info is required to insure that the file uploads properly? My first attempt at loading has given me the following format DSORG=PS RECFM=VB LRECL=255. Will this work when I attempt the merge process? A: First, you may use any method to do the upload from the PC to the mainframe. This includes FTP or a file transfer done by a terminal emulator. When you upload the file from the PC to the mainframe, you specify BINARY because there should not be an ASCII to EBCDIC conversion. The database updates are already EBCDIC. The database update is actually a valid MVS/QuickRef database. So, you ne

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