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First Error - JCL, IEF642I EXCESSIVE PARAMETER LENGTH IN THE SYSOUT FIELD

  • 1.  First Error - JCL, IEF642I EXCESSIVE PARAMETER LENGTH IN THE SYSOUT FIELD

    Posted Thu April 18, 2024 10:18 AM

    I've been working through the fundamentals JCL pdf and made my copy of the JCL file in my dataset.

    I edited it to try and fix the (expected) error, but now when I submit get the error:

    IEF642I EXCESSIVE PARAMETER LENGTH IN THE SYSOUT FIELD

    As the file isn't setting a sysout field (that I can see, or understand), where do I need to look to address this?
    the JCL file is as follows:

    //JCL1     JOB
    //COPYJCL2 EXEC PGM=IEBGENER
    //SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=JES2
    //SYSIN    DD DUMMY
    //SYSUT1   DD DISP=SHR,DSN=ZXP.PUBLIC.JCL(JCL2)
    //TARGET   DD DISP=SHR,DSN=&SYSUID..JCL(JCL2)
    //*
    //COPYJCL3 EXEC PGM=IEBGENER
    //SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=JES2
    //SYSIN    DD DUMMY
    //SOURCE   DD DISP=SHR,DSN=ZXP.PUBLIC.JCL(JCL3)
    //SYSUT2   DD DISP=SHR,DSN=&SYSUID..JCL(JCL3)
    

     I'm reading up on the message IEF642I

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     but I don't know enough about this or the system yet to understand how to address the error.

     



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  • 2.  RE: First Error - JCL, IEF642I EXCESSIVE PARAMETER LENGTH IN THE SYSOUT FIELD

    Posted Sun April 21, 2024 02:47 AM

    Max - you have had this answered already, a couple of weeks ago.


    `SYSOUT=JES2` is wrong - it should have been left unchanged as `SYSOUT=*`


    You will find faster help for IBM Z XPlore-related questions by using the forum on the platform itself. 



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