CONTENTS Title Page Copyright Page Preface Part I Introduction 1 Introduction 2 Retrieving a System Message 3 Exception Conditions 4 Format of System Messages 4.1 Messages Without IDENTS 4.2 Severity Levels 4.3 Linked Messages 5 Recovery Procedures 5.1 Recovering from Command Entry Errors 5.2 Unavailable Resources 5.3 Recovering from Programming Errors 5.4 Reporting System Software or Hardware Errors 6 Examples Part II Messages AAA . . . ABORT ABORT . . . ACCDISERR ACCERR . . . ACPNAME ACPRECURS . . . ACVINORCV ADDERR . . . ADVADVERSEND ADVALLOC . . . ADVDEFPARSE ADVDEVCHECK . . . ADVSOLCOMP ADVTIMERR . . . ALLOCCLR ALLOCEXT . . . ALTIHDBAD AMBCMD . . . APTWRTERR AQBTIME . . . ASCEFCFER ASCTOOLONG . . . ATPC ATPROCLINE . . . AUTOMEMERGE AUTOMEMSUCC . . . AUTOSYNC BACKLINK . . . BADBLK BADBLKSIZE . . . BADCACHE BADCASE . . . BADCTLMSK BADDALRQSZ . . . BADDIRENT BADDISDEV . . . BADEXCL BADEXCLNAM . . . BADFILENAME BADFILEVER . . . BADGSD BADHDR . . . BADIONAME BADIRECTORY . . . BADJOUINPUT BADJOUKEY . . . BADKEY BAD_KEY . . . BADMATCH BADMCKCOD . . . BADOFFSET BADOPCODE . . . BADPARAM BADPARAM . . . BADPROG BADPROGDELETE . . . BADRCT BADREAD . . . BADSEQNUM BADSETAFF . . . BADSTACK BADSTACK . . . BADSYM BADSYMTAB . . . BADUSRLEN BADVALUE . . . BADWCBPT BADWIDTHCHANGE . . . BATSTIPRO BBFOVF . . . BES BIIC failure-BICSR/BER/CNF ' xxxxxxxx/xxxxxxxx/xxxxxxxx ' . . . BLKEXPNABS BLKZERO . . . BOOT-F-Bootfile not contiguous BOOT-F-Failed to initialize device . . . BRKNLIB BRTOOFAR . . . BUG BUGCHECK . . . BVP timeout-Status/Error/Data ' xxxxxxxx/xxxxxxxx/xxxxxxxx ' Cables have gone from CROSSED to UNCROSSED . . . CALLUSERFAIL CANCEL . . . CANTLOCMAC CAPTINT . . . CEM CENTRL . . . CHMONIS CHMVEC . . . CLASUNK CLIERR . . . CLIWARNMSG CLOSEDEL . . . CLOSEOUT CLOSEOUT . . . CMDCAN CMDERR . . . CMODUSER CMPOUTF11 . . . COF COI . . . Command file could not be opened Command file does not exist . . . COMPLX COMPSYNC . . . CONFDEL CONFDIS . . . CONFNOQUAL CONFOUTPUTS . . . CONSTRTOOLARGE CONTINUE . . . COO COPIED . . . CPU ucode not at required rev level for port activity CPUCEASED . . . CRE CREA_ERR . . . CREATEDSTM CREATEFAIL . . . CREPRCFAL CREPRIJOB . . . CTRLCJOU CTRLERR . . . CWF DAC . . . DATFILCRE DATMISMCH . . . DEBUG DECNET . . . DEFKEY DEFOVF . . . DELETEFAIL DELETESWL . . . DELVER DELWSLEX . . . DEVALLOC DEVALRALLOC . . . DEVMNT DEVMOUNT . . . DEVNOTMOUNT DEVNOTSPL . . . DEVSPEC DEVWRTLCK . . . DIFTIMES DIFTYP . . . DIRNOTCRE DIRNOTEMPTY . . . DISPERR DISPFILE . . . DNF DNR . . . DPE DQCLUS . . . DUMPEMPTY DUMPERRORS . . . DUPFORM DUPGLOBAL . . . DUPMODULE DUPMSG . . . DUPUNIT DUPVALUE . . . DX2 ECONOTSET . . . ELEALREXI ELETOOLON . . . EMSKNOTABS ENAQUOTA . . . ENDOFTAPE ENDOFVOLUME . . . ENTFIL ENTIDMTCH . . . EOF EOFMISMATCH . . . ERBOXPROC ERRASSIGN . . . ERREXEREA ERREXEREP . . . Error in command option Error in range specification . . . ERRORISUE ERRORS . . . ERRSYSSERV ERRTSTMOD . . . EXASTLM EXBIOLM . . . EXECUTING EXENQLM . . . EXLNMQUOTA EXP . . . EXPSHRPAT EXPSTKOVR . . . EXTN_ERR EXTNOTFOU . . . EXTRAPARM FAB . . . FAILGETVM FAILURE . . . FATERRLIB FATERRLIB . . . FDLPAR FDLPARSE . . . FIDNOTFND FIDNUM_ZERO . . . FILE_EMPTY FILE_EXISTS . . . FILENUMCHK FILEOUT . . . FILNOTEXP FILNOTFND . . . FIRSTMOD FLAGTRUNC . . . FLTUND FLTUND_F . . . FORCEDERROR FORCEDEXIT . . . FREEVM FRERANGE . . . FUTBAKDAT FUTCREDAT . . . 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 . . . ILLRECTYP ILLRECTYP . . . ILLSHRXPR ILLSIGEXT . . . ILLVAL ILL_VALUE . . . IMGFILGON IMGFILSPE . . . Inappropriate SCA Control Message IN_BARRIER_WAIT . . . INCENTERR INCFILATR . . . INCOMPACP INCOMPAT . . . INCONSTATE INCPTREF . . . IND_OVR INHCHME . . . INPCONERR INP_FILES . . . INPUT_CANCELED INPUTERR . . . INSFCDT INSFMAPREG . . . INSNFREPAG INSOPRND . . . INSVIRMEM INSVIRMEM . . . INTERR INTERR . . . INTSTKOV INTSTKUN . . . Invalid parameter for SET or SHOW Invalid string . . . INVARGORD INVARRDSC . . . INVBLK INVBLKHDR . . . INVCHANAM INVCHANUM . . . INVCOL INVCOLARG . . . INVDEFINE INVDELIM . . . INVDPT INVDPTINI . . . INVEXHLIST INVEXP . . . INVFILSPE INVFILSPE . . . INVHOMBLK INVIDE . . . INVITEMNM INVITMCOD . . . INVLOG INVLOGFIL . . . INVNBDS INVNUMBER . . . INVOPTIONS INVOUTDMN . . . INVPASS INVPATH . . . INVQUAVAL INVQUAVAL . . . INVREQCOD INVREQPARM . . . INVSCRPOS INVSEMINI . . . INVSTRLEV INVSTRUCT . . . INVUIC INVUIC . . . INVVOLFMT INVWIDARG . . . ITD ITEMNOTFOUND . . . IVBUFLEN IVCHAN . . . IVKEYW IVLISTK . . . IVQLOC IVQUAL . . . IVSTSFLG IVSYMB . . . IVWSETLIST JBCERROR . . . Job ' name ' (queue ' name ' , entry ' number ' ) holding Job ' name ' (queue ' name ' , entry ' number ' ) holding until ' time ' . . . Journal file could not be opened JOURNAL . . . JPITSTERR KBF . . . KEYNOTDEF KEYNOTFND . . . KSZ LABELERR . . . LIBFIND LIBNAMLNG . . . LINKACTIVE LINKDISCON . . . LISTNOTFND LKBGRANTED . . . LOCKVOL LOCNEG . . . LOGIN-account is disabled LOGIN-breakin evasion in effect . . . LOGIN-error opening primary output file SYS$OUTPUT LOGIN-error protecting command interpreter pages . . . LOGIN-system password timeout LOGIN-unrecognized qualifier keyword . . . LOGIN-your account has expired-contact your system manager LOGIN-your password has expired-contact your system manager . . . LOGZERNEG LONGDST . . . LSTTOTBK LTC . . . LVVSHRER MACHINECHK . . . MATCHED MATQUOMIS . . . MAXSERV MAXTOOBIG . . . MBXCRTERR MBXRDERR . . . MEDOFL MEDOFL . . . Memory dump incomplete-dump file 1 block too small Memory dump incomplete-dump file ' nn ' blocks too small . . . MIRBFOVF MIRCTF . . . MISSINGQUOTE MISSNGPARM . . . MNL MODIFIED . . . MODRANGEMARKS MODRELNBAK . . . MOUNTVER ' device-name ' has completed mount verification MOUNTVER ' device-name ' is offline. Mount verification in progress . . . MOUSEINV MOUVOL . . . MSCPSERV MSGBUFSET . . . MULDEF MULDEFLBL . . . MULTIDEF MULTIPLENAMES . . . MVCOMPLETE NAFADDERR . . . NAONAF NARG . . . NEGSTRLEN NEGTIM . . . NETIOERR NETLSTMSG . . . NEWFILES NEWIGNORE . . . NMLRSP No definition . . . NOACCPTMSG NOACESS . . . NOAQB NOAQBACP . . . NOBRANCH NOBREAKPOINT . . . NOCCAT NO_CHADIS . . . NOCOMMUNICATION NOCMK . . . NOCOPDUP NOCOPLOCK . . . NOCURTID NOD . . . NODENOTMEM NODENOTPRES . . . NODIRLISM NODIRLIST . . . NOCHARREAD NOEOBSTR . . . NOFILEROUTINE NOFILES . . . NOGROUP NOGRPNAM . . . NOHOME NOHOMEBLK . . . NOINTABLE NOIOCHAN . . . NOLASTVAL NOLBLS . . . NOLOAD NOLOCALS . . . NOMATCHFOU NOMBX . . . NOMOREFILES NOMOREFORM . . . NOMSGS NOMTCHENDM . . . NONEFOUND NONEREC . . . NONODE NONPHYSET . . . NOOPER NOOPER . . . NOPARENT NOPARENT . . . NOPRINT NOPRIV . . . NOPROT NOPSCTS . . . NORCVBUF NOREAD . . . NOREPAIR NOREQ . . . NORSTBLD NORSTBLD . . . NOSERVERS, No known servers NOSETPRV . . . NOSLOT NOSOLICIT . . . NOSUCHBPT NOSUCHCHAR . . . NOSUCHJOB NOSUCHLOC . . . NOSUCHPART NO_SUCH_PARTY . . . NOSUCHTPT NOSUCHUSER . . . NOSYSGBL NOSYSLCK . . . NOTAPEOP NOTARRAY . . . NOTCMPLT NOTCOM . . . NOTDELETED NOTDIR . . . NOTFCBWCB NOTFCPWCB . . . NOTIDX NOTIFY . . . NOTINSTALL NOTINTBLSZ . . . NOTMOD NOTMODIFIABLE . . . NOTODS2 NOTONSCREEN . . . NOTQUO NOTRACES . . . NOTSAMEBUF NOTSAMEDEV . . . NOTSTARTED NOTSTOPPED . . . NOTVALID NOTVALLEN . . . NOUSERNAME NOUSERNAME . . . NOVER NOVIRMEM . . . NOWORLD NO_WRK . . . NULLFILE NULLPRI . . . NUMVAL NVROPRFAI . . . NVROPRFAI OBJ . . . OK_DUP OK_IDX . . . OLDTAB OLDVALCHK . . . ONERR ONESELECT . . . OPENDIR OPENEXC . . . OPENMON OPENOUT . . . OPER11 OPER12 . . . OPERFAIL OPERREQ . . . OPREPL OPREPLY . . . OPTIGNSHR OPTIGNSYS . . . OUTORDER OUTPUT . . . OVERLAPRANGE OVERLAY . . . OVRSIZ PACTOOLONG . . . Parallel Path is Closing Virtual Circuit-REMOTE PORT ' xxx ' PARENREQ . . . PARSEFAIL PARSEOVER . . . Path #0. Loopback has gone from BAD to GOOD Path #0. Has become working but CROSSED to Path #1.-REMOTE PORT ' xxx ' . . . PATHTLONG PATHUNDEF . . . PENDING PERMSYM . . . PHYFILSPE PHYSET . . . Port timeout Port Transition Failure-CNF/PMC/PSR ' xxxxxxxx/xxxxxxxx/xxxxxxxx ' . . . PREMATUREEOF PREMEOF . . . Print file could not be closed Print file could not be created . . . PRO PROCDONE . . . PROFRANOT PROGLOST . . . PROTOOLON PROTOOLON . . . PSECOPCNFL PSTFULL . . . PWDLOCKED PWDNCH . . . PWF QEMPTY . . . QUERESET QUEUEMPTY . . . Quoted string required RAB . . . RDBADDERRV RDBADDMSG . . . RDDELDATA RDSNONRES . . . READERR READERR . . . READIMAP READIBMAP . . . REALLYRECOVER REBLDREQ . . . RECORDSWL RECOVER . . . RECURLEARN REDCACHE . . . REGOPSYNX REGWIDDUP . . . REMDISABLED REMENABLED . . . REMOVED REMOVED . . . REPLACEERR REPLACERR . . . RER RESCRASH . . . Response Queue Remove Failure RESTART, audit server restart requested . . . RESWARNING RETURNED . . . RFM RHB . . . RMV RNAME_ABSENT . . . RPL RPTCNTNABS . . . RSK RSL . . . RT11_BIGBADFILE RT11_DIRSIZE . . . RTL RTNERROR . . . RVU SAMEDEVICE . . . SCHDWK SCRBUFOVF . . . SECTRESTORED SECTSAVED . . . SENDERR SENDFAIL . . . SERVEXISTS SETIMR . . . SHORTBLOCK SHORTDUMP . . . SHRSEPCLU SHRSYMREF . . . SOFTRERRS Software is Closing Virtual Circuit . . . SPCIVC SPCIVD . . . SPECDEV SPECDIR . . . SPTERRS SPTFULL . . . SRVMISMATCH SSCHANGE . . . STARTED Starting memory dump . . . Memory dump complete . . . STGTRUNC STILLKEYS . . . STRIS_INT STRLVL . . . STRTOOLNG STRTOOLON . . . SUBRNG SUBSCHERR . . . SUPPORT SUSPEND . . . SYMDEL SYMDELETE . . . SYMTOOLNG SYMTOOLNG . . . SYNTAX SYNTAX . . . SYSBOOT-E-I/O error reading file SYSBOOT-E-Not a parameter file . . . SYSBOOT-F-Switch of boot volume attempted with S0_PAGING=0, must be 1 SYSBOOT-F-System . . . SYSBOOT-W-ECO level less than minimum required for VMS. SYSBOOT-W-FPLA, PCS, or WCS version less than minimum required for VMS . . . SYSERROR SYSERROR . . . SYSINIT-E-error loading RMS.EXE, status = ' status ' SYSINIT-E-error mounting system device . . . SYSINIT-E-unable to obtain lock for system ID resource, status = ' status ' SYSINIT-I- no dump file-error log buffers not saved . . . SYSPWDMOD SYSSRVERR . . . SZTOOBIG TABEXIST . . . TBIT TBKBUG . . . TFRSYS That key is not definable . . . TKNOVF TLKINUSE . . . TOOFEW TOOLONG . . . TOOMANYPARAM TOOMANYREDS . . . TOOMNYOPND TOOMNYOUT . . . TRMNOTANS TRU . . . TYP TYPMISMCH . . . TYPMISMCH UAEERR . . . UDS UICERR . . . UNAREASRC UNARYOPER . . . UNDKEY UNDOPTION . . . UNEXPERR UNEXPERR . . . UNKENTRY UNKESCAPE . . . UNKPKTFMT UNKREPLY . . . UNPROPARM UNPROQUAL . . . UNRECSTMT UNRELVOL . . . UNSVRS UNTERMARG . . . URE URR . . . USEUNDEF USEUNDEF2 . . . USZ V2COMP . . . VASOVF VAXport is going off line . . . VEC_FLOOVEMAT VEC_FLOUNDMAT . . . VERIFYICF VERS_MISMATCH . . . VMB-F-Nonexistent drive VMB-F-Unable to locate BOOT file . . . VOLOERR VOLSETSTS . . . VOLUME_FULL WACKQEMPTY . . . WDW_MAXPREV WDW_MAXPRM . . . WINTRUNCFIT WKQERR . . . WPTTRACE WRIRSPMSG . . . WRITECUR WRITEERR . . . WRITEHOME WRITEIBMAP . . . WRITLCK WRNERS . . . WRONUMARG WRONUMARG . . . WSLVANVAL WSLXVANMAT . . . WSSIZEERR XAB . . . XQPERR YES . . . YESNO ZEROLEN . . . ZEROPAGE TABLES 1 Facility Abbreviations