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Incident: SB37 on the statement file, with secondary space

INC22014 · 01:20 · MPSYS
PAGE 01:20 SEV3 - Job STMTCPY ended ABEND=SB37 in step COPY
Statement volumes up 40% after the quarterly mailing

STMTCPY copies the daily statement file (LEARNER.STMT.DAILY, LRECL 250) for the print vendor. Its output already has secondary space, SPACE=(TRK,(1,1)), so 'it can grow'. Tonight, with the quarterly mailing, it abended SB37. Find out why it still ran out and get a complete copy.

What you will do

  1. Read IEC030I and the abend
  2. Work out how much space the copy needs
  3. Fix the SPACE and rerun

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