AW: Re: AW: Re: Setting dump options for SVC dumps taken by StarTool DA-Batch?
Great! Just the information I was looking for! Now I just need to convince our engineers to actually do it. And yes, I have been debugging using this dump in IPCS. This is how I found out that TRT is not specified in the SDUMP macro. -- Peter Hunkeler -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
Re: AW: Re: Setting dump options for SVC dumps taken by StarTool DA-Batch?
Hi, There is a way to add/update SVC dump SDATA parameters to StarTool DA. It requires modifying and regenerating the DA MVS Control Table (MCT). Here are the instructions: 1) Locate the StarTool DA installation datasets. These are the datasets created during the StarTool DA installation/configuration process. The datasets are named as follows: .STRDA.V5R7Mn. Where is the user-defined high-level qualifier specified during DA configuration, ‘n’ is the mod level (should be a 2 or 3), and the we are interested in are INSTALL and MACLIB. 2) Edit the ESPYMCC1 module found in MACLIB. Add/update any desired SDATA parameters (e.g. add TRT). 3) Locate member ESnnI000 in the DA INSTALL dataset, where ‘nn’ is the user-defined DA configuration id. 4) In ESnnI000, find the title ‘Generate EMCT modules.’. Note the member name on the far left and execute this job to regenerate the MCTs. 5) Restart the StarTool Workload Server. This job should be named ESnnWLS (where ‘nn’ is the DA configuration id). 6) Run the batch job creating the abend. You should now see the trace in the dump. Note that StarTool DA creates the SVC dump dataset for the Debugging and Viewer Service (DVS), but can also be read by IPCS. The SVC dump created is shown in the abending batch joblog under the ‘StarTool-DA Batch’ banner. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
AW: Re: AW: Re: Setting dump options for SVC dumps taken by StarTool DA-Batch?
>If they specify the SDATA NODEFAULTS option, that would cause >the options added by IEACMD00 to be ignored. I've displayed the flags again: - "Ignore CHNGDUMP parameters" was set in SDUFLAG1 - "NODEFAULTS" was set in SDUSDAT3 Sigh. VERBX IEAVTSFS tells me partil dump reason codes are all zeroes. So I'm left with the hope that SmartRestart or StarTool DA (whichever schedules the dump) can be told to include the trace table in the dump request. -- Peter Hunkeler -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
Re: AW: Re: Setting dump options for SVC dumps taken by StarTool DA-Batch?
> Yes, from the display one would assume TRT is active for SVC dumps. > However, viewing the flags withing the dump does *not* show TRT as > part of the options selected. This is what lets me think that > StarTool DA is specifying its own SDATA options when requesting the dump. If they specify the SDATA NODEFAULTS option, that would cause the options added by IEACMD00 to be ignored. Jim Mulder z/OS Diagnosis, Design, Development, Test, etc. IBM Corp. Poughkeepsie, NY -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
AW: Re: Setting dump options for SVC dumps taken by StarTool DA-Batch?
>> Does anyone know how I can change that? System DUMP options for >> SYSABEND, SYSMDUMP, and SDUMP have the SDATA(...TRT...). Only >> SYSUDUMP has Just SDATA=(SUM), but that should not apply in our case. > >What is displayed by the D D,O command on your system? The above paragraph is a summary from the D D,O command and I thought it would be clear. It seems, it is not. Sorry. Yes, from the display one would assume TRT is active for SVC dumps. However, viewing the flags withing the dump does *not* show TRT as part of the options selected. This is what lets me think that StarTool DA is specifying its own SDATA options when requesting the dump. >Under IPCS, what does VERBX IEAVTSFS display for Partial Dump Reason Codes? I'm at home now, but will check the above tomorrow. -- Peter Hunkeler -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
