Assembly / HLASM · Message ID
What does IEC070I End-of-Volume Processing Message mean in Assembly / HLASM?
Issued during end-of-volume processing for a VSAM dataset when the extend attempt fails — commonly because no secondary space allocation quantity was specified and SMS keeps retrying the extend until the volume runs out of room, or because a candidate volume genuinely isn't available. The return code that follows the message identifies the specific failure reason, drawn from the same return-code table IBM documents under message IEC161I.
Issued during end-of-volume processing for a VSAM dataset when the extend attempt fails — commonly because no secondary space allocation quantity was specified and SMS keeps retrying the extend until the volume runs out of room, or because a candidate volume genuinely isn't available. The return code that follows the message identifies the specific failure reason, drawn from the same return-code table IBM documents under message IEC161I.
Add a secondary space allocation to the VSAM cluster's SPACE parameters so it can extend cleanly instead of exhausting the volume, and if the message repeats rapidly, check whether the data class or storage class configuration is preventing secondary extents from being granted at all. If the cause isn't immediately clear, cross-reference the specific return code against IBM's IEC161I return-code table.