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Introduction

CA SymDump System is a system dump capture and view facility for z/OS. It provides easy-to-use system dump diagnostic and management capabilities that helps systems programmers resolve system abends and manage dump captures and retentions.

CA SymDump System automatically captures system dumps and displays the dump information in an easy-to-read format, while adding comprehensive abend diagnostic information for system abends in both test and production environments.

CA SymDump System captures system dumps from any job, with specific environmental information for z/OS, CICS, MQSeries, JES2, DB2, IMS, CA Datacom, and CA Roscoe Interactive Environment. Detailed reports, formatted storage areas, and formatted control blocks help systems programmers quickly diagnose and correct problems.

Each installation can easily control which dumps are captured by including or excluding specific abend codes, userids, or job names. Dumps are compressed and stored individually in separate data sets, with a single dump index identifying where each dump has been written.

The dump viewer provides end users with easy dump identification, simplified dump selection, and a powerful viewing environment.

Comprehensive dump management capabilities allow sites to determine which dumps to display or delete, and when to suppress duplicate dumps. Additionally, sites can define dump purge defaults to control how long dumps are retained.

This section contains the following topics:

Who Should Use This Guide

Dump Capture

Dump Data Sets

The Dump Index

Capturing Reports

Viewing Captured Dumps

Options Table

Supported Environments