Tape peripherals
Magnetic tapes which are to store intermediate files must be equipped with standard labels.
Disk peripherals
If a system contains pure NK disk peripherals (without K disks), creation of K disk files is not possible. As a consequence, NONKEY-TO-KEY conversion is impossible in such systems.
If, generally speaking, both the source and the target file are to be situated within one pubset, care must be taken to provide enough space so that both files can be accommodated during conversion. The target file may need more space than the source file. If this is not possible, conversion should be effected via an intermediate file.
ACS (Alias Catalog Service)
Alias names may be used when specifying the source and target files for conversion. These names must be specified in precisely the form in which they are entered in the alias catalog. Otherwise it is impossible to establish the connection to the correct file name.
Diagnostic documentation
If problems occur in a PAMCONV run (unexpected messages, dump, ...), the following documents are required for diagnostic purposes:
SYSLST log
The log is designed to show the factors affecting the PAMCONV run (e.g. inputs made immediately before the error occurred).Input file in which the error occurred. The developers may then be able to find the cause of the problem which may not lead to an abort until considerably later.