There are "normal" registers at time of abend (such as regs 1 and 15) and then there are regs that are set up specifically by the program issuing the abend. It is those latter regs that need to be documented specifically, because otherwise there's no way that a user can reliably know what they are.
Martin, Yes the RTM2WA contains registers and PSW at time of each abend. So too do applicable RBs and XSBs. The symptom dump IEA995I is accessible without a dump. If using IPCS, I tend to start with things such as Status Faildata Status Worksheet Summary Format 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
