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Access Production Dumps

To access production dumps

1. Enter SYMD from your test region. CA SymDump for CICS displays the Primary Option menu.
2. Select option 1 Analysis on the Primary Option menu to display the CA SymDump for CICS Dump/Trace Analysis screen. The Dump/Trace Analysis screen lets you select dumps from the CA SymDump for CICS data set.

   ‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑  CA SymDump for CICS V9.0 PRIMARY OPTION MENU  ‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑
    OPTION  ===>                                                                  
   1 Analysis           ‑ Display/select captured CICS dumps/traces          
   2 Tracing            ‑ Capture CICS internal trace for analysis           
   3 Configuration      ‑ Display/modify CA SymDump initialization parameters
   4 Start              ‑ Start dump capture facility                        
   5 Stop               ‑ Stop dump capture facility                         
   6 Source             ‑ Display/select program source files/listings         
   7 Status/Maintenance - Product status and maintenance functions
   8 What's new?        ‑ Display information about CA SymDump for CICS V9.0 release
   X Exit               ‑ Terminate CA SymDump for CICS menu processing           
   
   
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   Note: The Dump File ID parameter, by default, references the CA SymDump for CICS dump data set for the current CICS region.

   ‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑  CA SymDump for CICS V9.0 DUMP/TRACE ANALYSIS  ‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑
    COMMAND ===>                                                                  
      Type captured dump/trace selection criteria, then press ENTER.             
      Dump File ID PROTDMP_          (Required, mask characters '*' and/or '+'    
      CICS applid  ________          VTAM specific application ID                 
      User ID  . . ________                                                       
      Program  . . ________                                                       
      Transaction  ____                                                           
      Dump code  . ____                                                           
      Terminal . . ____                                                           
      Start date . 01/01/1999        mm/dd/yyyy                                   
      Start time . 00                he                                           
      End date . . 04/23/2006        mm/dd/yyyy                                   
      End time . . 24                he                                           
                                                                                  
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3. To access dumps from the production dump data set, overtype the Dump File ID name with the test region's FILE definition for the production dump data set. For example, overtype PROTDMP with DMPPROD as shown in the following screen.

   ‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑  CA SymDump for CICS V9.0 DUMP/TRACE ANALYSIS  ‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑
    COMMAND ===>                                                                  
      Type captured dump/trace selection criteria, then press ENTER.             
      Dump File ID DMPPROD_          Required, mask characters '*' and/or '+'    
      CICS applid  ________          VTAM specific application ID                 
      User ID  . . ________                                                       
      Program  . . ________                                                       
      Transaction  ____                                                           
      Dump code  . ____                                                           
      Terminal . . ____                                                           
      Start date . 01/01/2003        mm/dd/yyyy                                   
      Start time . 00                he                                           
      End date . . 04/23/2006        mm/dd/yyyy                                   
      End time . . 24                he                                           
   
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CA SymDump for CICS lists all the dumps from DMPPROD (the production dump data set) meeting the other selection criteria specified on this menu.

Now you can analyze the production dump in your test region using all of the symbolic capabilities of CA SymDump for CICS.

If you determine that you need to do further debugging on the abending program and you also have CA InterTest for CICS installed, you can go back to the production region and set appropriate breakpoints.