Introduction › Dump Capture

Dump Capture

CA SymDump System provides an automated facility for capturing information during selected system dumps. When a system dump occurs that matches your selection criteria, CA SymDump System generates and saves diagnostic reports that can be viewed or printed later to assist in problem determination and resolution. A snapshot of the storage in the dumping address space is also captured. The captured reports and storage are written to separate dynamically created dump data sets, which are logged as a single dump capture in a dump index file for later retrieval.

Dump capture is initialized on any system using the Resource Initialization Manager (CAIRIM) component of CA Common Services. At any time after initialization, use CAIRIM to change or disable dump capture.