VSAM OPEN RETURN CODE IS 168

chkkishore · New User Joined: 28 May 2005 Posts: 2

Hi

I am executing an IDCAMS steps to VERIFY a particular VSAM is closed properly or not and I am recieving this error.

Please let me know how to resolve this issue.

Thanks
Kishore

priya · Posted: Sun Jun 05, 2005 12:59 am Post subject:

168 - Unsupported device type. The data set is not available for the type of processing specified, or an attempt was made to open a reusable data set with the reset option while another user had the data set open.

sunnyfuture · New User Joined: 06 Jun 2005 Posts: 4

hi priya,

Can u plz explain this error in detail.I encountered this situation today.But my scenario is different.I was trying to delete an existing vsam file,Recreat it with same properties as of old one with aix's as well.n trying to open the vsam new file.

regards,
Aravind

baldi · New User Joined: 16 Jun 2005 Posts: 13 Location: Amsterdam

Its OPENed somehwere, thats why you are getting this error.
Find out who else is using this dataset, get it closed, then do your operations, you won't get 168 then.

dvprasad_raju · New User Joined: 14 Mar 2006 Posts: 2 Location: Pune,India

Free the dataset and execute command again

expat · Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2011 8:22 pm Post subject:

And now you've woken up a thread which has been happily dormant for more than two years.