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Selecting Dumps for Capture

You add the inclusion and exclusion criteria to the options table (CADVTABL) to control which system dumps are captured. Every time a system dump occurs, CA SymDump System compares the dump capture inclusion and exclusion entries in the CADVTABL to the user ID, the jobname, and the abend or error code associated with the dump. Before a dump is captured, at least one of the defined inclusion criteria must be met. If any of the exclusion criteria are met, the capture is suppressed.

Even when a dump satisfies the selection criteria, you can exclude the dump from capture by including the following DD statement in the JCL for the abending step:

//CADVSTOP DD DUMMY

For more information, see the appendix “Special DD Statements.”

For details about specifying the inclusion and exclusion criteria, see the appendix “Customizing Options Using CADVTABL” in the Installation Guide.

User exit CADVUSR1 permits more complex determination to be controlled at your site. For more information about the user exit, see the appendix “User Exits.” The options table also contains a duplication limit to prevent excessive captures for duplicate dumps.