Error while creating new jobs in DataStage

If you face the error error similar to below can occur when trying to save a newly created job:

Error On CREATE.FILE command
Creating file "RT_CONFIG4817 as type 30, mkdbfile: connot create file
RT_CONFIG4817. Unable to create operating system file "RT_CONFIG4817"

Types of Jobs in DataStage

Server jobs

• Executed by the DataStage server engine
• Compiled into Basic
• Runtime monitoring in DataStage Director
• No parallel capability

What is EPOCH ?

EPOCH is time in seconds since 00:00:00 Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), Thursday, 1 January 1970 ( 1970/01/01 00:00:00 UTC). Or the epoch is Unix time 0 (midnight 1/1/1970), but 'epoch' is often used as a synonym for 'Unix time'. EPOCH time is widely used in every field of IT sector (specially in unix like OS ) where we have to keep difference is generation of something based on time.

Get list of activated tools in Datastage Installation

If we want to check what features have been installed with datastage, we can check it by using LicensingServiceAdmin  tool. This will list down all the tool packs or features including Qualitystage as it comes as a part of datastage.


Tool Location :  {IS_INSTALL_DIR}/ASBServer/bin