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Incident: U4038 after a JCL rename

INC21177 · 02:20 · MPSYS
PAGE 02:20 SEV3 - Job PAYRUN3 ended ABEND=U4038 in step RUN
Standards review renamed DD statements in PAYRUN3 yesterday

PAYRUN3 runs PAYTOTAL against the daily payments. A JCL standards review renamed some DD statements yesterday. Tonight the run abended U4038. Find the cause and get a good run without changing the program.

What you will do

  1. Read IGZ0035S
  2. Match the program's file to the JCL
  3. Fix the JCL and rerun

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