ARC1281I
MIGRATION FAILED - ERROR ALLOCATING TAPE VOLUME

Explanation

A migration request failed due to an error in allocating the target tape volume. The volume being allocated and the type of allocation error that occurred are identified in the preceding ARC0500I message issued to the command activity log. To review the activity log, issue the DFSMShsm RELEASE HARDCOPY command. The data set being migrated is identified in the preceding ARC1001I message or the associated ARC0734I message. The reason code in message ARC1001I or ARC0734I gives additional information about the error.
Retcode
Meaning
8
A GETMAIN error occurred during the selection or allocation of a migration tape volume.
12
Two allocation errors occurred or the allocation of a scratch tape failed.
16
No unit was available for allocation.
20
An error occurred while trying to determine whether a storage class is assigned to the single-file tape output data set name.

System action

The migration of this data set ends. DFSMShsm processing continues.

Programmer response

Notify the storage administrator to isolate the cause of the error.

Source

DFSMShsm