This is an MVS message indicating that a duplicate catalog entry exists. E.g., if you already have a dataset with dsn = 'xxxx.yyyy' and u try to create one with disp NEW,catlg, you would get this error. the program OPEN and write would go through and at the END of the step the system would try to put it in the system catalog. at this POINT since an entry already exists the catlg would fail and give this message. you can fix the problem by deleting/uncataloging the first data SET and going to the volume where the new dataset exists(this info is in the msglog of the job) and cataloging it.

This is an MVS message indicating that a duplicate catalog entry exists. E.g., if you already have a dataset with dsn = 'xxxx.yyyy' and u try to create one with disp new,catlg, you would get this error. the program open and write would go through and at the end of the step the system would try to put it in the system catalog. at this point since an entry already exists the catlg would fail and give this message. you can fix the problem by deleting/uncataloging the first data set and going to the volume where the new dataset exists(this info is in the msglog of the job) and cataloging it.