6. DATA SOURCES › 6.2 Record Descriptions › 6.2.4 Software Error Record (SFT)

6.2.4 Software Error Record (SFT)

The system recovery process writes the software error record.
Information that is software-specific such as ERRORID and the
system diagnostic work area (SDWA) control block and its
extensions for the failing task or request block is contained
in this record.

A software record also gets written at the request of the
machine check handler to provide program-damage assessment
in case of a machine check.  A short form of the software
record is produced to indicate the number of records lost
because the error-recording buffer was full.

The record types are 40, 42, 44, 48 and 4F.