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OS Control Blocks

The OS Control Block folder is built dynamically when the dump is selected for viewing. It contains many key OS control blocks that you might need to reference during your dump viewing session.

The control blocks in this folder are displayed in their own hierarchical tree structure, which shows the parent‑child relationship between control blocks and identifies control block chains.

The following screen shows expanded OS Control Blocks:

CA SymDump System V9.0 --------- Dump Tree  --------------------- Line 9 of 699 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                                                     .               |  OS Control Blocks                                             .   00FA9D00    | | -ASCB                                                        .   00FAAFE0    | | -ASVT                                                        .   007FDE90    | | -ASXB                                                        .   00FCA2C0    | | -CVT                                                         .   0201D230    | | -GDA                                                         .   00FD2130    | | -IOCOM                                                       .   00FCAA38    | | -JESCT                                                       .   007FDD14    | | -JSCB                                                        .   00F8B5B8    | | -LCCA                                                        .   7FF16EA0  - | | -LDA                                                         .   00AFA008    | | -LPAQ Chain                                                  .   00AFA008    | | | -CDE Program=RTBETSMM                                      .   009CDA08    | | | -CDE Program=IGGPOST0                                      F1=HELP      F2=SPLIT     F3=END       F4=DUMP      F5=RFIND     F6=MAP   F7=UP        F8=DOWN      F9=SWAP     F10=LEFT     F11=RIGHT    F12=RETRIEVE

The Address column lists the base address for the control block. The Description field provides the name of the control block and possible additional information to help identify the structure.

Each control block is automatically associated with a map name that is used by default to map the structure. OS control block maps are provided with the standard installation and are loaded automatically when a dump is selected for viewing.