Viewing Reports

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Viewing Reports

Both the Favorites and Formatted Reports folders contain reports that were produced during the dump capture. In Formatted Reports, reports are grouped in subfolders by type based on the command used to generate each report. These groups, which are predetermined and cannot be altered, are described in the appendix Report Categories in this guide. Within each subfolder, reports are listed alphabetically by title.

The following display shows the report categories for a CICS dump:

CA SymDump System V9.0 --------- Dump Tree --- ------------------- Line 8 of 22 Command ===> Scroll ===> CSR -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- System XAE1 Asid 01FA UserId MIKED JobName MIKED530 Date 2009/07/11 Time 16.08.53 Program DFHSIP Offset 000AC970 Code SM0103 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lvl 2 Cmd Address Description . | -Formatted Reports . + | | -CICS History . + | | -CICS Resources . + | | -CICS System Status . + | | -CICS Storage . + | | -CICS System Definitions . + | | -MVS Address Space . + | | -MVS Data sets . + | | -MVS Devices . + | | -MVS History . + | | -MVS Storage . + | | -MVS System Definitions . + | -Loaded Programs . | -Viewed Storage Areas . + | -Control Blocks -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- F1=HELP F2=SPLIT F3=END F4=DUMP F5=RFIND F6=MAP F7=UP F8=DOWN F9=SWAP F10=LEFT F11=RIGHT F12=RETRIEVE

Use either the + or / line commands to expand the subfolders, thereby displaying the list of reports in that category as shown next:

Select a report for display by placing an S in the Cmd column.

The Abend Summary report in the MVS Address Space folder contains a brief summary of the abend or dump, including the PSW and registers at the time of the error. For most batch abends or dumps, this report provides a good starting point, because it provides the basic information needed to start diagnosing the problem.

The following is an Abend Summary report:

CA SymDump System V9.0 --------- Abend Summary --- --------------- Line 1 of 19 Command ===> Scroll ===> CSR -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Job: MIKED530 System: XAE1 Asid: 01FA ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lvl 3 Abend Summary for SM0103 DFHSM0103 A04IC9N6 A storage violation (code X'0932') has been detected by the PIDS/565501800 LVLS/530 MS/DFHSM0103 RIDS/DFHSMCK PTFS/ESA530 PRCS/00000932 PSW at time of error: 078D2000 95DEF5F0 DFHSIP +AC970 TCB address: 007D0598 Registers at time of error: Reg 0 = 000000B8 PSA+B8 Reg 8 = 15EB67D8 E PVT Reg 1 = 16A42680 E PVT Reg 9 = 16A4270C E PVT Reg 2 = 15EB67D8 E PVT Reg 10 = 16A4270C E PVT Reg 3 = 95DEDDA8 DFHSIP+EDDA8 Reg 11 = 16A41D67 E PVT Reg 4 = 16A42580 E PVT Reg 12 = 0005C680 PVT Reg 5 = 15DEEDA7 DFHSIP+EEDA7 Reg 13 = 16A42580 E PVT Reg 6 = 15DEFDA6 DFHSIP+EFDA6 Reg 14 = 007E1540 JSTCB 2F8 Reg 7 = 16A419E4 E PVT Reg 15 = 00000000 PSA F1=HELP F2=SPLIT F3=END F4=DUMP F5=RFIND F6=MAP F7=UP F8=DOWN F9=SWAP F10=LEFT F11=RIGHT F12=RETRIEVE

For CICS dumps, a summary of the CICS environment is also provided in the CICS Summary report, located in the CICS System Status folder.

CA SymDump System V9.0 --------- CICS Summary --- --------------- Line 1 of 148 Command ===> Scroll ===> CSR -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CICS Summary Report for A04IC9N6 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lvl 3 ******** CICS Areas ********* +0 +4 +8 +C CSA at 0004DE20 for 0000204 bytes: 00000248 0000D0A0 1619B0C0 965C8A1E . COPFL at 0004D648 for 0000588 bytes: 00000000 00000000 16294A00 00000000 . SIT at 95EC16B0 for 0000850 bytes: E702E753 00000000 08500400 00000000 X CWA at 000C1000 for 0000400 bytes: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 . TCT at 00051D80 for 0000600 bytes: 0006B73C 0006B810 00051D8C 8004DE20 . Current TCA at 0005C680 for task #0037 (STGV). **** Active Task Summary **** --------------------------------------------------- | Task #0037 Tran STGV Term G001 User CICSUSER | | Date 07/11/2009 at 16.08.53 | --------------------------------------------------- F1=HELP F2=SPLIT F3=END F4=DUMP F5=RFIND F6=MAP F7=UP F8=DOWN F9=SWAP F10=LEFT F11=RIGHT F12=RETRIEVE

Also available in the CICS System Status folder for CICS dumps is the CICS Message Help report, which documents the reason for the dump.

CA SymDump System V9.0 --------‑ CICS Message Help --------------- Line 1 of 43 Command ===> Scroll ===> CSR -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CICS Message Help for DFHSM0103 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lvl 3 DFHSM0103 APPLID A STORAGE VIOLATION (CODE X'CODE' ) HAS BEEN DETECTED BY THE STORAGE VIOLATION TRAP. TRAP IS NOW INACTIVE. EXPLANATION: A storage violation has been detected by the storage violation trap, which may be enabled via the CHKSTSK or the CHKSTRM system initialization parameters or via the CSFE transaction. The code X' code ' is the exception trace point ID which uniquely identifies the type of storage violation detected. SYSTEM ACTION: CICS disables the storage violation trap. An exception entry (X' code ' in the message) is made in the trace table. A system dump is taken, unless you have specifically suppressed dumps in the dump table. F1=HELP F2=SPLIT F3=END F4=DUMP F5=RFIND F6=MAP F7=UP F8=DOWN F9=SWAP F10=LEFT F11=RIGHT F12=RETRIEVE

While viewing any report, you can enter other dump viewer commands (see the appendix "Dump Viewer Commands") to view storage, add data to your keep window, update your electronic notepad, and so on. These commands create a new display level, leaving the report display active but not visible. When you end the new display level, you are returned to the report display.

Ending the report display (using the END command or PF key) returns you to the dump tree display.

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