2218 (08AA) (RC2218): MQRC_MSG_TOO_BIG_FOR_CHANNEL


Explanation

A message was put to a remote queue, but the message is larger than the maximum message length allowed by the channel. This reason code is returned in the Feedback field in the message descriptor of a report message.

On z/OSĀ®, this return code is issued only if you are not using CICSĀ® for distributed queuing. Otherwise, MQRC_MSG_TOO_BIG_FOR_Q_MGR is issued.


Completion code

MQCC_FAILED


Programmer response

Check the channel definitions. Increase the maximum message length that the channel can accept, or break the message into several smaller messages.