iX V6.5 (30391-90011)

Appendix A 621

Error Messages

Utility Error Messages

Utility Unconditional Error Messages

MESSAGE AUTOMATIC MASTER IS FULL ON PATH

MEANING DBLOAD is unable to load a detail entry because the automatic master set

associated with path n of the detail set is full.

ACTION Re-create the root ﬁle with a larger capacity for automatic master. Rerun

the necessary utilities.

MESSAGE ***BAD DATABASE***

MEANING This message is issued by DBSTORE, DBRESTOR, and DBUNLOAD. It means

the database is ﬂagged "bad" because of a known structural error due to an

abnormal termination or to a system failure during DBLOAD or some other

"deferred output" operation. The current operation (DBSTORE,

DBRESTOR, DBUNLOAD) continues to function normally. DBLOAD

additionally prints the message "SERIAL UNLOAD FOLLOWS" and

automatically operates in serial mode. The database on disk retains its

"bad" ﬂag and cannot be accessed through DBOPEN.

ACTION The database is not usable in its current state. Purge it and restore a

backup copy, or erase it and then load a tape written by DBUNLOAD or

another external copy of the data.

MESSAGE BROKEN FILE EQUATION CHAIN FOR TAPE FILE

MEANING Issued by DBSTORE if, in a chain of ﬁle equations, the actual device

designator cannot be found.

ACTION Check your MPE FILE commands and reenter them correctly before

running DBSTORE.

MESSAGE CANNOT GET EXTRA DATA SEGMENT NECESSARY FOR RESTORE

OPERATION

MEANING DBRESTOR was unable to get the extra data segment it needed for the

buffers used in the restore operation.

ACTION Wait until system resources are available and then try again.

MESSAGE CANNOT OPEN TERMINAL, TERMINATING

MEANING DBUTIL is unable to access the terminal.

ACTION Call HP systems engineer.