CRU302I   INVALID CATALOG RECORD LENGTH FIELD - FROM EXPIN

Explanation

The first field in a catalog record is its length. However, the value in this length field did not correspond to the actual record length.

System action

The record is dumped, the condition code is set to 12 (if not already higher) and processing continues.

Operator response

This condition is very unlikely and very serious. Should it occur, you should re-execute this entire recovery using a different (older) catalog backup. Only if this is not possible, should you import the import the data set resulting from this job and then give special attention to subsequent diagnostic and synchronization checks. There will almost certainly be some errors in the recovered catalog.