-----Original Message-----
From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On
Behalf Of Steve Comstock
Sent: Monday, January 04, 2010 4:27 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Where have the control blocks gone?

Thompson, Steve wrote:
> -----Original Message-----
> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On
> Behalf Of Steve Comstock
> Sent: Monday, January 04, 2010 11:38 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Where have the control blocks gone?
> 
> I've been debugging applications in z/OS and its
> predecessors since 1975, and feel I have a pretty
> good idea how to use a SYSUDUMP. But things are
> getting a little mysterious right now.
> 
> I'm getting lots of dumps as I create and debug
> a new application, and suddenly I've noticed:
> 
> * Instead of three (or more) SVRBs, there are only two
> 
> * When I force an abend right after OPEN the DCB does
>    not show up as formatted in the dump (I can find the
>    storage location and figure it out, but I'm surprised
>    at this development).
> 
> 
> Have there been some changes in SYSUDUMP formatting in
> recent years? (I'm running z/OS 1.10 currently).
> 
> 
> <SNIP>
> 
> Check PARMLIB settings for dumps. Someone may have changed them on
you. 
> 
> Regards,
> Steve Thompson

Nope.

<SNIP>

Yeah, I was deep in thought on IPCS -- somehow the SYSUDUMP didn't
register right. And then I have to remember, we have written our own
formatting tools for various CBs...

Regards,
Steve Thompson

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