Advanced Monitoring Features › Dump Analysis with CA SymDump for CICS › Example

Example

Suppose a program not being monitored by CA InterTest for CICS abended with an ASRA. With CA SymDump for CICS, you can display the breakpoint at the statement that triggered the abend even though CA InterTest for CICS was not active in the region when the abend occurred.

CA InterTest for CICS Release 9.1.00  - PROTSYM FILE SOURCE LISTING DUMP ANALYSIS 
COMMAND ===>                                                                    
Program= ASMDEMO  Option #       Stmt #        Displacement=        Margin= 01  
                                        Search=                                 
OPTS 1 1st CSECT 2           3            4            5 Macro Cat  6 Xref      
     7 Literals  8 Err msgs  9 Srch fwd  10 Srch bwd  11           12 Bkpt opts 
PFKS 1 Help      2           3 End        4 Profile    5 Monitor    6 Menu      
     7 Backward  8 Forward   9           10           11 Backtrace 12 Status    
----------+-------------------------------------------------------------------- 
     LOC  OBJECT CODE    ADDR1 ADDR2  STMT        SOURCE STATEMENT              
 _ 00016A 4050 D128            00128   937          STH   R5,MSGLEN             
 A 00016E FA20 D101 4AC0 00101 02AC0   ==>          AP    TASKNUM,=P'1'         
     ==>                                                                        
     ==> CODE: ASRA                                                             
     ==>                                                                        
     ==>      Press PF1 for a detailed description.                          
     ==>                                                                        
 _ 000174 F920 D101 4AC1 00101 02AC1   939          CP    TASKNUM,=P'2'         
 _ 00017A 4720 2300            00300   940          BH    ENDMSG                
 _ 00017E F920 D101 4AC0 00101 02AC0   941          CP    TASKNUM,=P'1'         
 _ 000184 4780 2256            00256   942          BE    SENDSCR4              
 _ 000188 47F0 2300            00300   943          B     ENDMSG                
 _ 00018C                              945 RETURN   DS    0H                    
                                       946 *        EXEC CICS SEND FROM(OUTMS  

Now you can use CA InterTest for CICS to solve the problem. In this example, you might want to display the contents of TASKNUM. Or, you might want to inspect the file or look at the formatted trace table. CA InterTest for CICS provides all the tools you need to diagnose and resolve the dump.

Because CA SymDump for CICS works just like CA InterTest for CICS, there's no learning curve. For complete information, see the CA SymDump for CICS User Guide.