Article ID: 245450 - Last Review: February 22, 2007 - Revision: 4.2

Displaying a specific AS/400 message

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This article was previously published under Q245450

SUMMARY

The IBM AS/400 has a number of system messages that may be returned when an error condition is encountered. You can use the DSPMSGD command to look up information about a specific AS/400 error message. AS/400 error messages typically start with "Cxx" followed by a number.

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If you encounter an AS/400 error message when using the Win5250 applet that comes with SNA Server, the applet may generate a dialog box containing error information like this:

     System Error XXXX
     <brief error description>
     Check Session Settings or contact your System Administrator.

Note that other emulators may display this error information differently. To retrieve more specific information about the error message, use the AS/400 DSPMSGD command. For example, if you received a System Error 8902, you would type DSPMSGD CPF8902 on an AS/400 command line to retrieve more information about the following error message:

Message ID . . . . . . . . . : CPF8902 Message file . . . . . . . . :
QCPFMSG Library . . . . . . . . . : QSYS Message . . . . :
Virtual device &1 not available. Cause . . . . . :
The virtual device &1 is in use by another job. Recovery . . . : The virtual device specified is not currently available. Wait until the job that is currently using it has ended, or use another virtual device not currently in use by another job. Then try the request again.

This information is very useful to determing where the problem occurs. The as400 administrator should be involved in the call if the customer does not understand the message.

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