Assuming that IPCS is available to the application staff. In some shops it is not generally available, but reserved for the systems staff. And there is the issue of training in the product, which isn't always available either (outside of reading the FM's).
Personally I have no problem using SYSUDUMP, but these days I most frequently use an interactive debugger to solve application errors. Not all production application dump analyzers are created equal. I haven't had the privilege of using recent versions of ABEND-AID, but I can personally vouch for the effectiveness of Macro4's Dumpmaster product. I have found that LE dumps are somewhat less than useful when interrupted or circumvented by the locally installed dump analyzer and/or poorly chosen installation defaults. In my experience, lack of training and training updates is the most frequent root cause of loss of knowledge of "how to debug this simple issue". Peter -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.) Sent: Wednesday, July 03, 2013 9:46 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Question on how to debug S0C7 (data exception) abend In <caajsdjjn4zk-csejvp4exf4ctxc5dnv6cfr5a19pnovvvgq...@mail.gmail.com>, on 07/03/2013 at 07:16 AM, John McKown <john.archie.mck...@gmail.com> said: >Being old, I have occasionally turned off LE's abend handling and >just "gone for the throat" using a recent compile (with generated >assembler shown) and a SYSUDUMP. SYSMDUMP, TYVM. >The programmers have forgotten how to do this entirely. Some things are best forgotten. IPCS isn't perfect, but it's better than highlighters and paper clips, or the electronic equivalent. -- This message and any attachments are intended only for the use of the addressee and may contain information that is privileged and confidential. If the reader of the message is not the intended recipient or an authorized representative of the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by e-mail and delete the message and any attachments from your system. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
