When a partner system or TP sends error log information to APPC/MVS, a product set ID, which identifies the hardware or software product set that is currently configured on the partner system, might be included. You can use the product set ID to identify the hardware or software product that found the specified error.

Error_Extract returns up to 256 bytes of the product set ID and the length of the ID to the caller. A length of zero indicates that the partner system or TP did not send a product set ID.

For information about the format of a product set ID, see the descriptions of the Product Set ID (X'10') and the Product Identifier (X'11') MS Common Subvectors in SNA Formats