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/OS, this return code is issued only if we are not using CICS 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.