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Customizing Dump Capture

When dump capture is initialized on a system, a copy of the options table (CADVTABL) is loaded into resident storage in the common system area. These options remain in effect until dump capture is refreshed or until an IPL, both of which reload the options table. During dump capture, options are never retrieved from disk, only from the resident copy of CADVTABL.

You must customize your options table, CADVTABL, to control dump capture at your site before initializing dump capture. It is shipped with default settings that must be modified before initializing the dump captures facility. The following sections briefly describe each of the customizations you can perform. Before customizing your options table, see the Installation Guide for detailed instructions.

This section contains the following topics:

Selecting Dumps for Capture

Selecting a Dump Index File

Allocating Dump Data Sets

Selecting Diagnostic Reports

Initializing Dump Capture