CONTENTS Title Page Copyright Page Preface Part I Introduction 1 Introduction 2 Format of System Messages 2.1 Messages with Different Formats 3 Online Help for System Messages 3.1 Accessing Message Descriptions from Online Help (VMS Version 5.4) 3.2 Accessing Message Descriptions from Online Help (VMS Version 5.5) 4 System Reporting of Messages 5 Retrieving a System Message 6 Exception Conditions 7 Recovery Procedures 7.1 Recovering from Command Entry Errors 7.2 Responding to Unavailable Resources 7.3 Recovering from Programming Errors 7.4 Reporting System Software or Hardware Errors Part II Messages AAA . . . ABORT ABORT . . . ACCDISERR ACCERR . . . AC_LSS_MP ACPINIT . . . ACPVAFUL ACS . . . ADJSCROLLREG ADRLSTSYNX . . . ADVCLILOADFAIL ADVDEASGN . . . ADVRANDOM ADVRECBUF . . . ALCSMBCLR ALERTED . . . ALLOCMEM ALLOCSET . . . AMBIGSYMUSED AMBKEY . . . ARCHIVENEW ARCNOTDISK . . . ASSIGN ASSIGN . . . ATTACHED ATTCONSTO . . . AUTOSYNC BACKLINK . . . BADBLK BADBLKSIZE . . . BADCACHE BADCASE . . . BADCSP BADCTLMSK . . . BADDIR BADDIRENT . . . BADEVVAL BADEXCL . . . BADFILENAME BADFILEVER . . . BADGETJPI BADGSD . . . BADINITSZ BADIONAME . . . BADJOUFILE BADJOUINIT . . . BAD_KEY BADKEY . . . BADLONG BAD_LRL . . . BADMSG BADMSG . . . BADPAGFILD BADPAGTYPE . . . BADPRO BADPROC . . . BADQUEUEHDR BADRANGE . . . BADSBMBLK BADSECTION . . . BADSTA BADSTACK . . . BADSYMTAB BADTAGVAL . . . BADVALUE BADVALUE . . . BADWINDLEN BADWORD . . . BBLHEADER BDPPURGERR . . . BINCHKSUM BINRECFMT . . . BLOCKCHECK BLOCKCHECK0 . . . BOOT-F-Unable to locate BOOT file BOOT-F-Unexpected exception . . . BUFFEROVF BUFFEROVF . . . BUG_DDI BUSY . . . BVP timeout - Status/Error/Data ' xxxxxxxx/xxxxxxxx/xxxxxxxx ' Cables have gone from CROSSED to UNCROSSED . . . CALLUSERFAIL CANCEL . . . CANTSPAWN CAPTINQ . . . CEM CENTRL . . . CHMONIS CHMVEC . . . CLIERR CLIFAIL . . . CLOSEDEL CLOSEERR . . . CLOSEOUT CLOSEOUT . . . CMDCAN CMDERR . . . CMDTOOLONG CMODSUPR . . . CNXMGRERR COB . . . Command buffer exhausted Command buffer exhausted during XLATE command processing . . . COMPEND COMPFAIL . . . CONCEALED CONERR . . . CONFLICT CONFMEM . . . CONFQUAL CONFQUAL . . . CONTINUE CONTINUED . . . COO COPIED . . . CPU ucode not at required rev level for port activity CPUCEASED . . . CRE CREA_ERR . . . CREATEVIRT CREDIR . . . CREQUE CRE_STM . . . CTRLERR CTRLY . . . CWF DAC . . . DATATRUNC DATFILCRE . . . DEBUG DECNET . . . DEFFORUSE DEFINEKEY . . . DELETED DELETED . . . DELPORT DELSERVICE . . . DESTP DEUNUS . . . DEVFOREIGN DEVICE . . . DEVNOTFOR DEVNOTKNWN . . . DEVONLY DEVQUALS . . . DIALINNOT DIFACCTS . . . DIRECT DIRE_ERROR . . . DISKFRAG DISKS . . . DISREQ DIVBY_ZER . . . DONEMSG DOS11_BADLABEL . . . DRVRSTRT DSAQUOTA . . . DUPBLKNUM DUPBUFNAME . . . DUPIDENT DUPINVALID . . . DUP_OUTPUT DUPPLACE . . . DUPVOLNAM DVI . . . DX2 ECONOTSET . . . ELEALREXI ELETOOLON . . . EMSKNOTABS ENAQUOTA . . . ENDOFFILE ENDOFTAPE . . . ENTERR ENTFIL . . . EOF EOF . . . ERASEBLKS ERASEFAIL . . . ERREXEREP ERRFREDYN . . . Error reading from terminal Error reporting suppressed, memory dump continuing . . . ERRRECFIL ERRROUCAL . . . EVL EVTSIZ . . . EXDIOLM EXDISKQUOTA . . . EXISTS EXITFAIL . . . EXPIRED EXPORTQUOTA . . . EXTBIT EXTCACHIV . . . EXTRAPARM FAB . . . FAILGETVM FAILOVER . . . FATALEXC FATALEXCPT . . . FDEXNORCV FDLERROR . . . FFVVSBTER FIDERROR . . . FILE_ABSENT File attributes error . . . FILENABL FILENOTFOUND . . . FILNOTCNTG FILNOTDEL . . . FINDIHD FINISHED . . . FLTOVF_F FLTPNTSYNX . . . FNM FOP . . . FREEMEM FREEMEM . . . FTM FUL . . . FWF GBC . . . GENMINUS1 GENWRN . . . GETPTIERR GETTIM . . . GOSUBMAX GPGNULPGFL . . . GSDTYP HALT . . . HEADCOPIED HEADER_DEL . . . High Priority Command Queue Insert Failure HIGHVER . . . HSC Error Logging Datagram Received I/O error on work file . . . IDENT IDENT . . . IDXMAPERR IFA . . . IGNORED IGNORE_DIRE . . . ILLBLKNUM ILLBRDEST . . . ILLEVTNUM ILLEXPR . . . ILLIOFUNC ILL_KEY . . . ILLOPDEFVL ILLOPT . . . ILLRECTY2 ILLRECTYP . . . ILLSHROPR ILLSHRXPR . . . ILL_VALUE ILLVEC . . . IMGFILSPE IMGHDR . . . IN_BARRIER_WAIT INBUILTIN . . . INCFILATR INCFILSPE . . . INCOMPAT INCOMPAT . . . INCPTREF INCQUETYP . . . IND_OVR INHCHME . . . INPBUFOVR INPCONERR . . . Input record too large, truncated to 255 characters INPUT_CANCELED . . . INSFBUFDP INSFCDT . . . INSLUN INSNFREPAG . . . INSVIRMEM INSVIRMEM . . . Internal software error - please submit a Software Performance Report INTERNALERROR . . . INTSTKOV INTSTKUN . . . Invalid option for that command Invalid parameter for SET or SHOW . . . INVARGMAT INVARGORD . . . INVBLK INVBLKHDR . . . INVCHANAM INVCHANAM . . . INVCMD INVCMD . . . INVDATA INVDATIM . . . INVDEVTYP INVDIR . . . INVETIMSP INVEVE . . . INVFILEXT INVFILSPE . . . INVGOSUB INVHEADER_BUSY . . . INVITEM INVITEMCODE . . . INVLDADR INVLDRESP . . . INVMSGBUF INVNAM . . . INVOPTION INVOPTIONS . . . INVPAS_ID INVPASS . . . INVPWDLEN INVQMANMSG . . . INVRECTYP INVREF . . . INVROW INVRSP . . . INVSTLEVEL INVSTMNBR . . . INVTQEFMT INVTYPE . . . INVVEC INVVIEWSP . . . ISD_VBN ISI . . . IVATIME IVBAKADIO . . . IVGBLTYP IVGSDNAM . . . IVPFAIL IVPROT . . . IVSSRQ IVSSRVRQST . . . IVWSETLIST JBCERROR . . . Job ' name ' (queue ' name ' , entry ' number ' ) holding Job ' name ' (queue ' name ' , entry ' number ' ) holding until ' time ' . . . JOBREQUEUE Journal file could not be closed . . . JPITSTERR KBF . . . KEYNOTDEF KEYNOTFND . . . KSZ LABELERR . . . LIBFIND LIBNAMLNG . . . LINKEXIT LINNOTFND . . . LKBREFNEG LKPNOTDON . . . LOCPRES LOGCLOS . . . LOGIN - error accessing network authorization file LOGIN - error accessing system authorization file . . . LOGIN - error reading command input LOGIN - fatal job controller interaction problem . . . LOGIN - value required on qualifier LOGIN - VMS host system modem not wired correctly - contact your system manager . . . LOG_IN_USE LOGIO . . . LOSTEXTHDR LOSTHEADER . . . LRJDELETED LRJDISABLE . . . LRJUNKNOWN LRJUSERDIS . . . LVSSBTER LVSSHLER . . . LVVSHRER MACHINECHK . . . MATCHED Max input line of 2814749767 exceeded, file input terminated . . . MAXTOOBIG MAXUNITS . . . MBXRDERR MBXREDERR . . . MEDOFL MEI . . . Memory dump incomplete - dump file ' nn ' blocks too small MERGE . . . MIRCTF MIRDIS . . . MISSPASS MISSQUO . . . MODNAM MODNAMLNG . . . MODRELNBAK MODSERVICE . . . MOUNTVER ' shadow-unit ' does not contain the member named to VMB. System may not reboot. MOUNTVER ' device-name ' has aborted mount verification . . . MOUSEINV MOUVOL . . . MSCPSERV MSGBUFSET . . . MULCLUOPT MULDEF . . . MULTFR MULTIDEF . . . MVCOMPLETE NAFADDERR . . . NAOFIL NAONAF . . . NEGSTRLEN NEGTIM . . . NETIOERR NETLSTMSG . . . NEWFILES NEWIGNORE . . . NEXTVOL NIA . . . No select range active No such line . . . NOALLSPOOL NOALOCLASS . . . NOAVAIL NOBACKUP . . . NOBYPASS NOCACHE . . . NOCLUDEV NOCLUSTER . . . NOCONSOLE NOCONTIG . . . NOCOPYBOOT NOCOPYBUF . . . NODEFPWD NODEINIERR . . . NODEVAVL NODEVAVL . . . NODUPEXC NOELEM . . . NOFILE NOFILE . . . NOGBLSEC NOGBLSELDATA . . . NOHLPLIBS NOHLPTXT . . . NOINIT NOINPFILES . . . NOKEY NOKEYMAP . . . NOLISTENER NOLITERAL . . . NOMATCHES NOMATCHFOU . . . NOMOREFILE NOMOREFILES . . . NO_MORMSG NOMP . . . NONCONTIG NONCONTIG . . . NONEXSTACP NONLOCAL . . . NOOPENJOB NOOPER . . . NOPAREN NOPARENT . . . NOPRINT NOPRIV . . . NOPRODS NOPROT . . . NORCP NORCVBUF . . . NOREMWAIT NORENDEV . . . NORMAL NORMAL_EXIT . . . NOSELF NOSENDBUF . . . NOSHRIMG NOSIGNAL . . . NOSUCHACE NOSUCHCHAR . . . NOSUCHID NOSUCHJOB . . . NOSUCHOBJ NO_SUCH_PARTY . . . NOSUCHUSR NOSUCHVERB . . . NOSYSNAM NOSYSPRV . . . NOTAPEOP NOTARRAY . . . NOTCMPLT NOTCOM . . . NOTDIR NOTDISCON . . . NOTFCBWCB NOTFCPWCB . . . NOTIFY NOTIMGLIB . . . NOTJOURNAL NOTLABEL . . . NOTMODIFIABLE NOTMODIFIED . . . NOTOFFERED NOTONSCREEN . . . NOTRAN NOTRAN . . . NOTSAMEDEV NOTSAVED . . . NOTSYSTEM NOTUCBIRP . . . NOTVOLSET NOTVVPVCB . . . NOUSRWCS NOVALPRS . . . NO_WINASSOC NOWINDOW . . . NUDFSYMS NULFIL . . . NUM_KEY NUMOPRNDS . . . NVROPRFAI OBJ . . . OK_DUP OK_IDX . . . OLDTAB OLDVALCHK . . . ONERR ONESELECT . . . OPENDIR OPENERR . . . OPENMON OPENOUT . . . OPER5 OPER6 . . . OPERSPEC OPERSTS . . . OPREPLY OPREPLY . . . OPTIGNSYS OPTLIN . . . OUTOFRANGE OUTORDER . . . OVERLAPRANGE OVERLAY . . . OVRSIZ PACTOOLONG . . . Parallel Path is Closing Virtual Circuit - REMOTE PORT ' xxx ' Parenthesis mismatch . . . PARSEOVER Parsing stack overflow . . . Path #0. Has gone from GOOD to BAD Path #0. Loopback has gone from BAD to GOOD . . . PATHUNRES PATOVER . . . PES PEXFULL . . . Please answer Y(es), N(o), Q(uit), or A(ll) PLG . . . Port ucode not at current rev level. PROM/RAM rev is ' xxxx/xxxx ' PORTRXERR . . . PREMEOF PREMMSG . . . PRIOSMALL PRISECMAP . . . PROCESSEND PROCFILE . . . PRONOTCHG PROTECTED . . . PRVNOTFND PRVNOTUNQ . . . PTRCNT PURABO . . . PWDNOTDIF PWDNOTVAL . . . PWF QEMPTY . . . QUEAUTOOFF QUE_CLOSED . . . QUOTAFAIL QUOTAFILE . . . Quoted string required RAB . . . RDBADDERRV RDBADDMSG . . . RDDELDATA RDSNONRES . . . READERR READERR . . . READIBMAP READIMAP . . . REALLYRECOVER REBLDREQ . . . RECORDSWL RECOVER . . . RECURLEARN REDCACHE . . . REGOPSYNX REGWIDDUP . . . REMDEF REMDISABLED . . . REMOVE REMOVED . . . REPLACED REPLACEERR . . . REQUIRESDECW REQUIRESTERM . . . RESOKAY RESOPCODE . . . RESUMEFAIL RESUMEWARN . . . RFAPASTEOF RFLOC . . . RMSFILINI RMSFILMIS . . . ROPRAND ROUTREQ . . . RSBREFNEG RSBREFNZRO . . . RT11_BADFILE RT11_BIGBADFILE . . . RTL RTL . . . RVU SAMEDEVICE . . . SCHDWK SCRATCH_HEADER . . . SECTBLFUL SECTRESTORED . . . SEMININON SENDABORT . . . SERUNAV SERVE_ERR . . . SHADDETINCON SHARCONF . . . SHR SHRCNTNEG . . . SIGNAL_Q_FULL SIGNO_ARG . . . SOLOPEN SOLREADLINE . . . SPCIVP SPCIVS . . . SPL SPLACQERR . . . SQUALERR SQUROONEG . . . SSR SSRVEXCEPT . . . STARTUP STARTVERIFY . . . STKOVFLO STMRECFMT . . . STRNOTFOUND STRNOTWCB . . . SUBABORT SUBALREXI . . . SUP SUPERSEDE . . . SYMCREPRC SYMDCLEXTR . . . SYMOVF SYMREPLACE . . . SYNTAX SYNTAX . . . SYSBOOT-E-Error reading file SYSBOOT-E-I/O error reading file . . . SYSBOOT-F-PFN bit map conflict - Physical page count set too low SYSBOOT-F-Switch of boot volume attempted with S0_PAGING=0, must be 1 . . . SYSBOOT-I-GBLPAGES have been trimmed SYSBOOT-W-DMPFRG SYSDUMP.DMP is too fragmented to be used . . . SYSDISK SYSERROR . . . SYSINIT-E-error mounting system device SYSINIT-E-error opening or mapping F11BXQP, status = ' status ' . . . SYSINIT-I-no dump file - error log buffers not saved SYSINIT-I-PAGEFILE.SYS not found - system initialization continuing . . . . . . SYSSRVERR SYSTRMERR . . . SZTOOBIG TABEXIST . . . TBIT TBKBUG . . . TFRSYS That key is not definable . . . TIRNYI TITLE . . . TMT TMV . . . TOOMANYARGS TOOMANYCOL . . . TOOMNYENDR TOOMNYFIL . . . TOTAL TOTAL . . . TRUNC TRUNC . . . TYPMISMCH UAEERR . . . UDS UICERR . . . UNDEFINEDPROC UNDEFLINK . . . UNDTERNAM UNDTERNOP . . . UNEXPIOINT UNIMP . . . UNKESCSEQ UNKKEYWORD . . . UNKRSTRT UNKTYPE . . . UNQUAKW UNRCMD . . . UNRFORCOD UNRFUN . . . UNTERMCOND UNWIND . . . USCALL USEANS . . . USEUNDEF2 USGOSUB . . . USZ V2COMP . . . VAXport is going off line VAXport is reinitializing . . . VECEMULTR VEC_FLOOVEMAT . . . VERIFYERR VERS_MISMATCH . . . VOIALREXI VOLALRMNT . . . VOLUME_FULL WACKQEMPTY . . . WDW_MAXPREV WDW_MAXPRM . . . WINTRUNCFIT WKQERR . . . WRIRSPMSG WRISMBMBX . . . WRITE_ERR WRITEERR . . . WRITELOCK WRITEMON . . . WRONGMUTEX WRONGOWNER . . . WRTFIL WRTHOMBLK . . . WSSIZEERR XAB . . . XQPERR YES . . . YESNO ZEROLEN . . . ZEROSERVICE TABLES 1 VMS Facilities and Associated Documentation