Conference acadmy::tpas_notes

39.0. "APPIX-F-AMPSFILENOF -> what does it mean?" by NLFDC::HOOG (Veni, vidi, victim.....) Fri Nov 26 1993 11:32

    This morning we had a (small) problem with TPAS. Last night a batch job
    (which has been running for more than 6 months without any problems)
    died, because TPAS reported the following error:

	%APPIX-F-AMPSFILENOF, AMP2 SATELLITE FILE NOT FOUND

    This message implies that there is no AMP2 file (or in other words
    TPAS$AMPS is pointing to a file, which isn't there). The funny thing
    was however that the AMP2 file was definitely available!

    After a few tests we noticed that the error "%APPIX-F-AMPSFILENOF, AMP2
    SATELLITE FILE NOT FOUND" will always be returned if there is a problem
    with the AMP2 file, regardless of what the problem actually is. In our
    test this error was displayed in the following cases:
    - the AMP2 file didn't exist.
    - no privilege to access the AMP2 file.
    - the AMP2 file was locked by another user.
    - the target record in the AMP2 file was locked by another user.

    So the bottom line is that we don't really know what caused the error
    in our batch job! We think that the AMP2 file was locked by another
    process, but we can not prove it!

    Therefore I have two request:
    - can any of the TPAS support people verify that the error
      "%APPIX-F-AMPSFILENOF, AMP2 SATELLITE FILE NOT FOUND" is displayed
      whenever TPAS can not find or can not access the AMP2 file?
    - is it possible to add to TPAS the ability to display the 'orginal'
      VMS error message(s) in case something goes wrong? This way local
      support people will have all the information they need to solve
      (local) problems.

Thanks and regards,
    Andr� van 't Hoog - ESSC F&D IS, JGO

  Andr�

  You are correct in stating that the error sent back when the AMPS file
  cannot be opend is:

	%APPIX-F-AMPSFILENOF, AMP2 SATELLITE FILE NOT FOUND

  This is returned for all errors upon opening, regardless of file lock
  or VMS Protection.

  We will put this in the queue for TPAS II. I cannot say what the fix 
  will be at the moment but we will address this.

  Sorry you had to encounter the problem but thanks for the input.

  Lois Magni
  TPAS Project Leader

    Thanks Lois. I'll be patient (and let's hope the problem doesn't occure
    again....).