Dump Analysis with CA SymDump

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Dump Analysis with CA SymDump

CA SymDump for CICS, the CA InterTest for CICS optional symbolic dump facility, is a powerful online tool that automatically pinpoints the source statement responsible for an abend. CA SymDump for CICS was designed to complement CA InterTest, especially in production regions where programs are not usually monitored. Working with CA InterTest, CA SymDump for CICS lets you bring a dump back to life. Familiar CA InterTest for CICS 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 for CICS is option 5 Dump analysis on the CA InterTest for CICS Primary Option Menu.

‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑ CA SymDump for CICS Release 9.1.00 PRIMARY OPTION MENU ‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑ OPTION ===> 1 Analysis ‑ Display/select captured CICS dumps/traces 2 Tracing ‑ Capture CICS internal trace for analysis 3 Configuration ‑ Display/modify CA SymDump initialization parameters 4 Start ‑ Start dump capture facility 5 Stop ‑ Stop dump capture facility 6 Source ‑ Display/select program source files/listings 7 Status/Maintenance - Product status and maintenance functions 8 What's new? ‑ Display information about CA SymDump 6.x release X Exit ‑ Terminate CA SymDump menu processing CA SymDump for CICS Release 9.1.00 Copyright © 2014 CA. All rights reserved. PF1 Help 2 3 End 4 Return 5 6 PF7 8 9 10 11 12

With CA SymDump for CICS, you can do the following tasks:

Analyze dumps symbolically online, using CA InterTest for CICS 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 set configuration parameters to discard ones you do not need and suppress capture of duplicate dumps

When you use CA SymDump for CICS to view a dump, you can select any of the following displays for immediate viewing:

Display Group	Contents
Formatted Displays	Intelligently formatted displays of the dump contents, that often pinpoints the reason for the abend. Displays include: analysis, source, abend help, program call trace, registers, last CICS screen, files accessed, and programs, transactions and terminals referenced.
Task Areas	CA InterTest for CICS CORE displays for such areas as the Commarea, the EXEC Interface Block, and the Transaction Work Area.
Language Areas	CA InterTest for CICS CORE displays for such areas as COBOL working storage and COBOL BLL cells.
Database Areas	CA InterTest for CICS CORE displays for DB2 and DL/I.
CICS System Areas	CA InterTest for CICS CORE displays for such areas as the Common System Area and the Common Work Area.