Tony If you effectively own the box, disable DAE. This can be done with an MVS command (which I can't remember). Second -- SYSMDUMP should be written to a dataset, not SYSOUT=*. I normally use SYSABEND SYSOUT=*, or I set a SLIP trap to generate an SDUMP for my S0c1. Alternatively, if you don't have access to the HLASM Toolkit's debugger, I can supply my instruction trace code. Contact me offline at pw...@mweb.co.za if you are interested.
Pieter Wiid ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tony Thigpen" <t...@vse2pdf.com> To: "IBM Mainframe Assembler List" <ASSEMBLER-LIST@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU> Sent: Friday, October 30, 2020 3:02:21 PM Subject: Re: SDUMPs Seymour, others, Formatted or unformatted dumps does not matter to me. I actually prefer an unformatted dump as that is what I read all the time on z/VSe. But, as I move deeper into z/OS, I do want to learn to use some of it's tools, such as IPCS. Let's back up a second and let me ask what may be a basic question to z/OS gurus. Right now, if I put the ABEND macro into the source, it creates a new dump in IPCS. But, if I create a SOC1 (using DC X'0000' in the code), it does not put a new dump into IPCS. 1) Should it have put a new dump in IPCS? 2) If so, is there some 'option' in the system that may be blocking the creation of the SOC1 dump? 3) Is there a simple way to force the SOC1 dump to go to SYSOUT as an unformatted dump? FYI, I am on a test z/OS system that I can IPL or change, as needed without messing anyone up. Tony Thigpen Seymour J Metz wrote on 10/30/20 5:07 AM: > Well, I started with formatted (there were no unformatted dumps and no IPCS) > dumps, and they are a royal pain. Except for the most trivial cases, it's a > lot more convenient with IPCS. > > > > -- > Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz > http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 > > ________________________________________ > From: IBM Mainframe Assembler List [ASSEMBLER-LIST@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU] on > behalf of Mike Hochee [mike.hoc...@aspg.com] > Sent: Thursday, October 29, 2020 11:39 PM > To: ASSEMBLER-LIST@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU > Subject: Re: SDUMPs > > Hi Tony, > I frequently use the procedure Gary mentioned which results in a formatted > dump. I suspect IPCS might be overkill, but I don't know your situation. I'm > sure folks exist who cut the teeth on MVS dump reading by starting out with > unformatted dumps and IPCS, but I don't know of any. The formatted SYSUDUMP > is pretty straightforward. > > If you have any questions, there is a section in the chapter on ABEND dumps > in this manual... > https://www-01.ibm.com/servers/resourcelink/svc00100.nsf/pages/zOSV2R3ga320905/$file/ieav100_v2r3.pdf > The zap utility mentioned is also in there if you need it, and called SPZAP. > > HTH, > Mike >
