>I still need some way to determine a dump is in progress. CVTSDBF in effect is the arbiter of whether an SVC Dump is in progress or can be initiated. When the "4k buffer" is in use, either an SVC Dump is already in progress or some work unit is about to initiate one, and no other SVC Dump can be started.
It seems to me that if you know enough to have you running code check this and do something productive and correct with it, you know enough to initiate your own SVC Dump. Peter Relson z/OS Core Technology Design ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
