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Configuration Parameters

The following configuration parameter descriptions contain the format and valid values for each entry.

Suppress AP0001 Dumps

Specifies whether to suppress full AP0001 SVC dumps for ASRA and ASRB abends.

Enter Y or N

Note: If you specify N, dumping conforms to the specifications defined for your CICS system.

Default: Y

Suppress Transaction Dumps

Specifies whether to write a transaction dump to the CICS dump data set.

Enter Y or N

Default: Y

Automatic Purge of Dump

Specifies whether to automatically purge dumps during CA SymDump for CICS startup. Purging qualification is determined by age as set in the field Automatic Purge Hold Days.

Note: Dumps with a HOLD indicator (set from the Dump/Trace Selection screen) are not purged.

Enter Y or N;

Default: Y

Automatic Purge Hold Days

If Automatic Purge of Dumps is set to Y, specify the number of days to retain nonheld dumps before they are purged.

Specify 0 days to purge all dumps without a HOLD indicator at CA SymDump for CICS startup.

Limits: Enter a number from 0 to 99, inclusive

Default: 1

Dynamic Purge of Oldest Dump

Specifies whether to allow CA SymDump for CICS to dynamically purge nonheld dumps during dump capture on a FIFO basis. Dynamic purging only occurs when there is insufficient space to hold the dump being captured, and deletes no more dumps than required to get space for the new dump. Automatic Purge Hold Days is ignored for dynamic purges.

Enter Y or N

Default: N

Suppress Duplicate Dumps

Specifies whether duplicate dump suppression is in effect. A dump is considered to be a duplicate when an abend has a matching program or offset with a previously captured dump.

Enter Y or N

If set to Y, dumps are suppressed after the Duplicate Dump Limit is reached.

Default: N

Duplicate Dump Limit

Specifies the maximum number of duplicate dumps to capture for a given occurrence of program or offset.

Note: This parameter is recognized only when Suppress Duplicate Dumps is set to Y.

Enter a number from 0 to 999, inclusive

Default: 1

Messages to Operator

Specifies whether to write CA SymDump for CICS informational messages to the console when dump or trace requests are intercepted by CA SymDump for CICS.

Enter Y or N

Default: Y

Capture EXEC CICS Dumps

Specifies whether CA SymDump for CICS should capture transaction dumps produced by EXEC CICS DUMP commands.

Enter Y or N

Default: Y

Dump Only Current Program

Specifies whether the dump should include just the active program or all linked and loaded programs.

Enter Y or N

Default: Y

Dump Select Start Date

Specifies the date dump selection starts.

Enter a date in the format mm/dd/yyyy or specify CURRDATE for the current date.

Default: CURRDATE (current date)

Enter Abend Codes to be Excluded

Enter the abend codes for which symbolic dumps should not be written to the CA SymDump for CICS data set or CICS dump data set.

Enter any CICS dump or abend code in the format xxxx. You can use an asterisk to represent a generic character; for example, USR* excludes all dump and abend codes beginning with USR.

Default: None