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Dump Analysis with CA SymDump

CA SymDump for CICS—the CA InterTest companion symbolic dump facility for z/OS users—is a powerful online tool that automatically pinpoints the source statement responsible for an abend. CA SymDump was designed to complement CA InterTest, especially in production regions where programs are not usually monitored. Working with CA InterTest for CICS, CA SymDump for CICS lets you bring a dump back to life. Familiar CA InterTest source listing screens and other facilities, such as the ability to view and modify main and auxiliary storage, make it easy to resolve application dumps.

CA SymDump is option 5 Dump analysis on the CA InterTest Primary Option Menu.

With CA SymDump, you can do the following actions:

• Analyze dumps symbolically online, using CA InterTest source code listings
• Resolve CICS production dumps from any region; for example, debug production abends from your test region
• Manage your dump data set, selectively retaining the dumps you want to view and print, and discarding ones you do not need

When you use CA SymDump to view a dump, you can display the following items:

• CA InterTest breakpoint at the instruction that triggered the abend
• Formatted system areas
• Formatted trace table
• Registers and displacement at the abend