Re: Strange Message in Backup's Joblog

["Al Barsa, Jr." <barsa2@xxxxxxx>]

At 09:09 AM 10/14/98 -0400, you wrote:
>The following message has begun appearing in our nightly backup of our
>data libraries.
>
>MSGID      TYPE                    SEV   DATE       TIME       FROM PGM
>LIBRARY     INST     TO PGM       LIBRARY    INST
>MCH3402    Diagnostic              40    10/14/98   00:28:53
>007168000000               4FF8     QDBSVPRE     QSYS         05D8  
>                                      Message . . . . :   Tried to refer
>to all or part of an object that no longer                 
>                                        exists.
>
>                                      Cause . . . . . :   The most
>common cause is that a stored address to an                      
>                                        object is no longer correct
>because that object was deleted or part of the                  
>                                        object was deleted.
>
>I do not see any other messages during the save process that can help me
>figure out what the problem is.  This is the first message after the
>SAVLIB command for our main data library.  I have not detected any
>problems with the data in the library.

You may have not detected damage, but you certainly have damage.  It is
possible that an object is partially damaged, but is working properly from
a database perspective.

I would suggest a RCLSTG.

Al




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