Re: Copy a SVC Dump
As far as I know, the supported method to copy dumps is using IPCS copy dump. http://pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/zos/v2r1/topic/com.ibm.zos.v2r1.ieac500/cpydump.htm http://pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/zos/v1r13/topic/com.ibm.zos.r13.ieac500/cpydump.htm Copy dump can be invoked by batch jcl or via the IPCS dialog 3.2 -Nick Jones z/OS Service Aids/IPCS -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
Re: Copy of SVC Dump
On 22 April 2014 19:01, Mark Yuhas mark.yu...@paccar.com wrote: Bear with me. I have an old program that copies a SVC Dump to regular data set with a non-system DSN. It has been working for many years. I need to make a few changes for the current configuration of z/OS 1.13. IPCS accepts the system dump data set but rejects the one-off data set saying there is no directory record. I added the dump record via the IPCS ADDDUMP command. Now, IPCS accepts the dump but when I try to analyze it via IPCS commands, it states that information is missing. I performed an ISPF compare of the data sets. According to that test, the data sets are the same. I'm stumped. Is there something new about copying dump data sets in 1.13? Tony Harminc t...@harminc.net responded Is your output RECFM=FBS,LRECL=4160? If it's (say) FB or has the wrong LRECL, IPCS will treat it as a trace or other non-dump dataset, and produce confusing messages. Tony H. Thanks for the insight. I converted to FBS and all is well. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
Copy a SVC Dump
Bear with me. I have an old program that copies a SVC Dump to regular data set with a non-system DSN. It has been working for many years. I need to make a few changes for the current configuration of z/OS 1.13. IPCS accepts the system dump data set but rejects the one-off data set saying there is no directory record. I added the dump record via the IPCS ADDDUMP command. Now, IPCS accepts the dump but when I try to analyze it via IPCS commands, it states that information is missing. I performed an ISPF compare of the data sets. According to that test, the data sets are the same. I'm stumped. Is there something new about copying dump data sets in 1.13? -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
Re: Copy a SVC Dump
On 22 April 2014 19:01, Mark Yuhas mark.yu...@paccar.com wrote: Bear with me. I have an old program that copies a SVC Dump to regular data set with a non-system DSN. It has been working for many years. I need to make a few changes for the current configuration of z/OS 1.13. IPCS accepts the system dump data set but rejects the one-off data set saying there is no directory record. I added the dump record via the IPCS ADDDUMP command. Now, IPCS accepts the dump but when I try to analyze it via IPCS commands, it states that information is missing. I performed an ISPF compare of the data sets. According to that test, the data sets are the same. I'm stumped. Is there something new about copying dump data sets in 1.13? Is your output RECFM=FBS,LRECL=4160? If it's (say) FB or has the wrong LRECL, IPCS will treat it as a trace or other non-dump dataset, and produce confusing messages. Tony H. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
Re: Copy a SVC Dump
On Tue, 22 Apr 2014 23:01:52 +, Mark Yuhas wrote: Is there something new about copying dump data sets in 1.13? Maybe - those in the know will be able to answer that (hopefully) definitively. I had a similar experience with 1.13. Fortunately I was able to get to the original dumps before they were purged and use IPCS COPYDUMP to get a valid copy. Don't recall it happening previous to 1.13, but don't know if dump copies were taken at those releases (not my shop). Shane ... -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
