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The fields provide the following information:
Field Function
DATATYPE Identifies the type of data organization. This must be TS.
LOG Specifies whether FILE's logging facility is on or off.
TODEST Identifies a transient data destination (when a work area is copied)
or a dump identification ... | /Users/ilidiolopes/Documents/ca-intertest-and-ca-symdump-11-01.pdf |
4d1d1608b063-1 | •Purging a temporary storage queue
•Searching a temporary storage queue for a data string
Viewing a Temporary Storage Queue Record
Follow this procedure to view a temporary storage queue record:
1.Complete the following fields:
FUNC=GETQ
RCID= temporary storage queue identification
ENTRY= record's relative position in ... | /Users/ilidiolopes/Documents/ca-intertest-and-ca-symdump-11-01.pdf |
2a0ead2a72d0-0 | InterTest™ and SymDump ® 11.0
Add a New Temporary Storage Queue Record
Follow this procedure to add a temporary storage queue record:
1.Specify one of the following:
FUNC=ADDN (to obtain a new work area)
FUNC=ADDU (to use the data in the existing work area)
Then complete the SIZE= field as shown next:
SIZE= size ... | /Users/ilidiolopes/Documents/ca-intertest-and-ca-symdump-11-01.pdf |
2a0ead2a72d0-1 | –Use STORFAC=MAIN to place the record in main storage.
5.Press Enter . The following information displays on the FILE screen:
–Without SUBFUNC=REPL, the MESSAGE= field shows the message TS QUEUE RECORD WRITTEN.
–With SUBFUNC=REPL, the MESSAGE= field shows the message TS QUEUE RECORD WRITTEN AND
REPLACED.
–The SIZE= fie... | /Users/ilidiolopes/Documents/ca-intertest-and-ca-symdump-11-01.pdf |
18bcce57ff96-0 | InterTest™ and SymDump ® 11.0
FUNC=PUTQ
RCID=C'TEMPSTO1'
To replace record 5 in a temporary storage queue named TEMPSTO2, which resides in main storage, using the work area
from Example 1:
Specify the following, and then press Enter :
FUNC=ADDU
Make changes to the work area.
Specify the following, and then press Ente... | /Users/ilidiolopes/Documents/ca-intertest-and-ca-symdump-11-01.pdf |
18bcce57ff96-1 | found. The following information also appears on the FILE screen:
–The MESSAGE= field shows the message DATA HAS BEEN LOCATED.
–If no match is found, the MESSAGE= field shows the message DATA NOT FOUND.
–The ENTRY= field contains the returned record's relative position in the queue.
–The LOC= field contains the locatio... | /Users/ilidiolopes/Documents/ca-intertest-and-ca-symdump-11-01.pdf |
7c7a68056f31-0 | InterTest™ and SymDump ® 11.0
Example
To scan ten records in the temporary storage queue named TEMPSTO1 starting at the third record for the data string
TEST, if that data is in location 20 in the record, specify the following, and then press Enter :
FUNC=SRCH
ENTRY=03
RCID=C'TEMPSTO1'
DATA=C'TEST'
LOC=00020 OR 0013 ... | /Users/ilidiolopes/Documents/ca-intertest-and-ca-symdump-11-01.pdf |
7c7a68056f31-1 | 7 Page bwd 8 Page fwd 9 Caps Off 10 Top 11 Bottom 12
The fields provide the following information:
Field Function
DATATYPE Identifies the type of data organization. This must be TD.
DESTID Specifies the name of the transient data, as defined in the DCT.
LOG Specifies whether FILE's logging facility is on... | /Users/ilidiolopes/Documents/ca-intertest-and-ca-symdump-11-01.pdf |
cb5de2c0466d-0 | InterTest™ and SymDump ® 11.0
MESSAGE Contains FILE messages. Also specify messages here when
FUNC=COPY or FUNC=DUMP.
CHGELEN Specifies the number of bytes changed in the work area when
FUNC=CHGE.
RCID Identifies the record or queue to be processed.
DATA Contains data needed to perform certain FILE functions.
SIZE Spec... | /Users/ilidiolopes/Documents/ca-intertest-and-ca-symdump-11-01.pdf |
cb5de2c0466d-1 | –The MESSAGE= field shows the message TD RECORD OBTAINED.
–The SIZE= field gives the length of the data.
Add a New Transient Data Record
Follow this procedure to add a new transient data record:
1.Complete the FUNC= and DESTID= fields, and then complete the SIZE= field:
DESTID= transient data destination
FUNC=ADDN ... | /Users/ilidiolopes/Documents/ca-intertest-and-ca-symdump-11-01.pdf |
0000e7e1f957-0 | InterTest™ and SymDump ® 11.0
In addition, you can complete the following optional field if appropriate:
DATA= characters
–If you enter FUNC=ADDN, the characters you type in the DATA= field will fill the work area.
–If you enter FUNC=ADDU, the characters you type in the DATA= field will fill the newly obtained data sp... | /Users/ilidiolopes/Documents/ca-intertest-and-ca-symdump-11-01.pdf |
0000e7e1f957-1 | FUNC=ADDN
DESTID=CSSL
DATA=C' '
SIZE= 100 or 64 (for FORMAT=D)
Make changes to the work area.
Specify the following, and then press Enter :
FUNC=PUT
DESTID=CSSL
To add another new record to the transient data destination in Example 1, using the work area from Example 1:
Specify the following, and then press... | /Users/ilidiolopes/Documents/ca-intertest-and-ca-symdump-11-01.pdf |
ca7764260eff-0 | InterTest™ and SymDump ® 11.0
Purge Intrapartition Data
Follow this procedure to purge intrapartition data:
1.Complete the following fields:
FUNC=PURG
DESTID= transient data destination
You are advised to enter the DESTID= field before entering the FUNC= field when you begin working with a particular
destination. If on... | /Users/ilidiolopes/Documents/ca-intertest-and-ca-symdump-11-01.pdf |
ca7764260eff-1 | Compile or Assemble Programs with Symbolic Support
To test DB2 programs thoroughly, they should be compiled or assembled with symbolic support, and the program's Cross-
Reference should be saved in the InterTest for CICS Symbolic File.
Check That the Attach Facility or Resource Adapter Is Active
You must ensure that th... | /Users/ilidiolopes/Documents/ca-intertest-and-ca-symdump-11-01.pdf |
289c899557ea-0 | InterTest™ and SymDump ® 11.0
CAIN1712
DSNC NOT ACTIVE OR DB2 NOT AVAILABLE.
If the Resource Adapter is active, it displays the following message:
ARI0401I
SQL/DS ONLINE RESOURCE ADAPTER IS ALREADY ACTIVE IN THIS PARTITION.
If the Resource Adapter is not active when SQL/DS is in multi-partition mode, the following mes... | /Users/ilidiolopes/Documents/ca-intertest-and-ca-symdump-11-01.pdf |
289c899557ea-1 | call:
PERFORM SQL-INITIAL UNTIL SQL-INIT-DONE
3.Type G to the left of this statement and press PF5.
Halt Programs Before and After Each SQL Request
To test DB2 programs, halt the program before and after each SQL request.
•Halting the program before each SQL request lets you check that all fields in the request have b... | /Users/ilidiolopes/Documents/ca-intertest-and-ca-symdump-11-01.pdf |
aa88468c6031-0 | InterTest™ and SymDump ® 11.0
•For DB2, this occurs at the call to DSNHLI.
•For SQL, this occurs at the call to ARIPRDI.
When the program halts at the request breakpoint, you can inspect the values of fields.
Halt a Program after an SQL Request
When a program halts at a request breakpoint, you can execute the SQL reque... | /Users/ilidiolopes/Documents/ca-intertest-and-ca-symdump-11-01.pdf |
aa88468c6031-1 | •All the host variables used for null indicators are grouped together in a single structure
Notes:
•When your program is halted at a breakpoint before an SQL request, check the null indicators and host variables used
in the WHERE clause
•When your program is halted after an SQL request, check the host variables speci... | /Users/ilidiolopes/Documents/ca-intertest-and-ca-symdump-11-01.pdf |
e4ce5f62d77f-0 | InterTest™ and SymDump ® 11.0
03 FIRSTNMELEN | 0009 | ..
03 FIRSTNMETEXT | C3C8D9C9 E2E3C9D5 C5000000 | CHRISTINE..
02 MIDINIT | C1 | A
02 LASTNAME | ... | /Users/ilidiolopes/Documents/ca-intertest-and-ca-symdump-11-01.pdf |
e4ce5f62d77f-1 | the characters DCL and the table name, as shown in the previous example.
SQL Return Codes
The SQL communication area (SQLCA) is a structure of variables that is updated after each SQL statement executes. An
application program that contains executable SQL statements must provide an SQLCA to let DB2 communicate with the... | /Users/ilidiolopes/Documents/ca-intertest-and-ca-symdump-11-01.pdf |
7a815ab77a0a-0 | InterTest™ and SymDump ® 11.0
Checking the SQLCODE immediately tells you which request produced the error so you can create an error message
reflecting that request. However, this method might not be efficient if you have many similar routines throughout your
program -- one for each SQL request. Moreover, if you disc... | /Users/ilidiolopes/Documents/ca-intertest-and-ca-symdump-11-01.pdf |
7a815ab77a0a-1 | If you have not kept SQLCODE in the Keep window, follow these steps:
1.Type D to the left of the statement where you are stopped.
2.Position the cursor under the data field SQLCODE .
3.Press Enter .
InterTest for CICS displays a CORE structured display of SQLCODE and the following message:
CORE053 VALUE OF FIELD is = +... | /Users/ilidiolopes/Documents/ca-intertest-and-ca-symdump-11-01.pdf |
d3ebfd9a3cd1-0 | InterTest™ and SymDump ® 11.0
DSNT408I SQLCODE = 204
ERROR: ADM.DEPT IS AN UNDEFINED NAME
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
PFKEYS 1 Help 2 3 End 4 Return 5 6
7 8 9 ... | /Users/ilidiolopes/Documents/ca-intertest-and-ca-symdump-11-01.pdf |
d3ebfd9a3cd1-1 | InterTest for CICS displays the SQLCA fields using Assembler language field names.
Both methods should produce the same results, but the second method is available for programs not compiled or
assembled symbolically.
Note: Neither command is valid until after an SQL request is issued.
Advanced Debugging Techniques
For ... | /Users/ilidiolopes/Documents/ca-intertest-and-ca-symdump-11-01.pdf |
2d5b73fa5cb2-0 | InterTest™ and SymDump ® 11.0
InterTest for CICS displays the Request Breakpoint Selection menu for calls.
For DB2 this menu contains three relevant entries.
DSNHLI, DSNHADDR, and DSNTIAR.
DSNHLI
The call generated for all SQL application requests. To halt the program at these calls, set request breakpoints
at all DB2 ... | /Users/ilidiolopes/Documents/ca-intertest-and-ca-symdump-11-01.pdf |
2d5b73fa5cb2-1 | DSNC Abends
A DSNC abend means the CICS attach facility detected an internal error and has abnormally terminated a DB2 internal
task or a user connected task. The CICS attach facility first writes a SNAP dump to the SYS1.DUMP nn data set. Then,
depending on the type of error, the CICS attach facility either:
•Terminate... | /Users/ilidiolopes/Documents/ca-intertest-and-ca-symdump-11-01.pdf |
bd565152a106-0 | InterTest™ and SymDump ® 11.0
==> CICS abend intercepted. Abend code = DSNC, after an external CALL.
==>
==> Press PF1 for a detailed description.
==>
01417
01418
_ 01419 IF SQLCODE = 530
_ 01420 MOVE 'INVALID WORK DEPARTMENT ' TO ERRMSGO
_ 01421 MOVE... | /Users/ilidiolopes/Documents/ca-intertest-and-ca-symdump-11-01.pdf |
bd565152a106-1 | code is contained in the CLOTWRK2 field. Both abend reason codes and subsystem termination reason codes have the
following format:
X'00ccxxxx'
X'00'
Specifies the high-order byte
X'cc'
Specifies the hexadecimal sub-component identifier
X'xxxx'
Specifies the hexadecimal reason code
To display this information on a singl... | /Users/ilidiolopes/Documents/ca-intertest-and-ca-symdump-11-01.pdf |
2d1fc3817d19-0 | InterTest™ and SymDump ® 11.0
CA InterTest for CICS - MAIN STORAGE UTILITY Termid = LXD6
Transaction DB2C, Program COBSQL has terminated with an DSNC abend.
The reason code for this failure is: 18
The thread subtask has abended; see subtask dump.
... | /Users/ilidiolopes/Documents/ca-intertest-and-ca-symdump-11-01.pdf |
2d1fc3817d19-1 | shipped with CICS to allow migration of RCT tables to the CSD.
NOTE
For more information about DSNCRCT, see the CICS Resource Definition Guide .
The RCT or DB2 attachment facility contains the information required for CICS to establish its connection to DB2. The
FILE transaction's DB2 facility lets you view information... | /Users/ilidiolopes/Documents/ca-intertest-and-ca-symdump-11-01.pdf |
5bc02a0f4c5e-0 | InterTest™ and SymDump ® 11.0
Analyzing Dumps Symbolically SymDump for CICS Option
What Is SymDump for CICS Option?
When you test a program with InterTest for CICS, your program does not usually produce a dump because InterTest
for CICS monitors the program and halts it at an automatic breakpoint before the program a... | /Users/ilidiolopes/Documents/ca-intertest-and-ca-symdump-11-01.pdf |
5bc02a0f4c5e-1 | automatic breakpoint.
With SymDump Option you can do the following tasks:
•Use the powerful functions of InterTest for CICS to find and correct errors by:
–Displaying program variables symbolically
–Viewing the program listing and compiler output
–Setting breakpoints for subsequent testing
–Using CORE and FILE to insp... | /Users/ilidiolopes/Documents/ca-intertest-and-ca-symdump-11-01.pdf |
97af6c1fc47d-0 | InterTest™ and SymDump ® 11.0
Manage Dumps
SymDump Option also lets you control which CICS dumps to save, discard, and print. It has its own dump data set,
which is separate from the CICS dump data set. You can even route dumps to both data sets. It is easy to manage the
SymDump Option data set because you can do the... | /Users/ilidiolopes/Documents/ca-intertest-and-ca-symdump-11-01.pdf |
97af6c1fc47d-1 | they are not deleted. If the SymDump Option data set becomes full (that is, full of dumps that cannot be deleted), new
dumps are written to your CICS dump data set instead of to the SymDump Option data set.
For more information, see CICS Abend Analysis.
Breakpoint Displays for NonSymbolic Programs
A non-symbolic brea... | /Users/ilidiolopes/Documents/ca-intertest-and-ca-symdump-11-01.pdf |
97af6c1fc47d-2 | +00BA8 curr.
NEXT MVC X'B0'(4,R8),8(R7) AT +00BB0
PREV OI X'84'(RD),X'01' AT +00BAC
Press ENTER to execute the default command on line 1,
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3eb7467de1d4-0 | InterTest™ and SymDump ® 11.0
OVERTYPE it, or use any of the following PF KEYS:
1 Help 2 3 Source 4 5 Resume 6 Menu
7 8 9 1 Inst 10 11 Backtrace 12 Status
Addr and content of relevant area: ... | /Users/ilidiolopes/Documents/ca-intertest-and-ca-symdump-11-01.pdf |
3eb7467de1d4-1 | CORE=TIOA.
CWK
Addresses of the areas containing the copy of COBOL DSA, TGT, Working-Storage, and Local-Storage for this
task. If the program does not contain a DSA or Local-Storage, the fields are left blank. To display the area, issue
the appropriate CORE command (for example, CORE=CWK).
BLLS:
COBOL BLL cells or ge... | /Users/ilidiolopes/Documents/ca-intertest-and-ca-symdump-11-01.pdf |
c0a754fba901-0 | InterTest™ and SymDump ® 11.0
23708C0C ...
Address and representation (in both character and hexadecimal form) of the area of main storage that would have
been modified by the next instruction.
Automatic Breakpoint
The following panel shows a non-symbolic breakpoint screen for an automatic breakpoint:
CNTL=GO,TASK=000... | /Users/ilidiolopes/Documents/ca-intertest-and-ca-symdump-11-01.pdf |
c0a754fba901-1 | PREV STH R0,0(,R1) AT +007A0 +004CE +00584
Press ENTER to execute the default command on line 1, +051B8 +00584
OVERTYPE it, or use any of the following PF KEYS: +00586 +005D4
1 Help 2 3 Source 4 5 Resume 6 Menu +051B8 +005D4
... | /Users/ilidiolopes/Documents/ca-intertest-and-ca-symdump-11-01.pdf |
c0a754fba901-2 | (SBP). In most cases, there is a one or two line message explaining exactly why the breakpoint occurred.
Mon.as ...
Name of the monitoring table entry that caused the current monitoring to be in effect.
Task ...
Task number and displacement of the instruction about to be executed.
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a39e99ab2b82-0 | InterTest™ and SymDump ® 11.0
Pgm ...
Program name (Pgm), transaction code (Trx), and CICS facility (Fac) associated with the task; in this case,
terminal (Trm) U056.
Regs:
COBOL BLL cells or general registers 0-15 for Assembler or PL/I programs.
CC=0
Condition Code. The value of the condition code is the value that wa... | /Users/ilidiolopes/Documents/ca-intertest-and-ca-symdump-11-01.pdf |
a39e99ab2b82-1 | 37 ABP: ASRA abend in user code- data exception.
•The letters ABP indicate automatic breakpoint, and the number 37 is the error code.
•The remainder of the line explains what the error code means. In this case, a data exception interrupt was set in
motion by the monitored program. Ordinarily, this would cause a CICS ab... | /Users/ilidiolopes/Documents/ca-intertest-and-ca-symdump-11-01.pdf |
02378caf37c3-0 | InterTest™ and SymDump ® 11.0
02 UBP: At='999-abend' Unconditional breakpoint.
The following message indicates that an unconditional breakpoint with the identification 07 was requested by the user at
the second verb of COBOL statement number 374. The following is another version of the previous message:
07 UBP: At=#374... | /Users/ilidiolopes/Documents/ca-intertest-and-ca-symdump-11-01.pdf |
02378caf37c3-1 | under another entry, depending on how you formulated the request.
Examples
If you were to request that this program be monitored only when it is run from a particular terminal, or if the online TON=
option were declared, the following message would appear:
Mon.as PL1DEMO for U056
In this case, monitoring only takes pla... | /Users/ilidiolopes/Documents/ca-intertest-and-ca-symdump-11-01.pdf |
310746424cf3-0 | InterTest™ and SymDump ® 11.0
Mon.as DEMP TRX
If the program was declared for monitoring under a terminal name (implicitly), the following message would appear,
indicating that the entry in the Monitoring Table is terminal (TRM), U056.
Mon.as U056 TRM
Program, Transaction, and CICS Facility
The names of the program, tr... | /Users/ilidiolopes/Documents/ca-intertest-and-ca-symdump-11-01.pdf |
310746424cf3-1 | •The parameter TIOA None gives the address of the first terminal Storage Area (the Terminal Input/Output Area)
on the chain of areas allocated for the task at breakpoint. You can display the first TIOA by issuing the command
CORE=TIOA.
Program Storage Areas
The fifth line from the top of the breakpoint screen gives the... | /Users/ilidiolopes/Documents/ca-intertest-and-ca-symdump-11-01.pdf |
7a71f12b39b3-0 | InterTest™ and SymDump ® 11.0
•The DSA address shown is the address of the Dynamic Storage Area for the current iteration of the program. To
display the area, enter the command: CORE=DSA .
•The TGT address shown is the address of the storage area that contains the copy of the COBOL Task Global Table for
this task. To d... | /Users/ilidiolopes/Documents/ca-intertest-and-ca-symdump-11-01.pdf |
7a71f12b39b3-1 | 4 00003000 5 00004000 6 00000000 7 00000000
8 00000000 9 00000000
The BLL cell with the relative number 1, which in command level programs contains the address of the DFHCOMMAREA,
shows the null value.
General Registers
For Assembler or PL/I programs, this area displays the contents of registers 0 to 15. The follow... | /Users/ilidiolopes/Documents/ca-intertest-and-ca-symdump-11-01.pdf |
590dc6372c18-0 | InterTest™ and SymDump ® 11.0
Next and Previous Instructions
The line directly below the last line of the BLLS or REGS area indicates the next instruction to be executed and the
instruction that was executed previously. In the previous illustration, the following lines appears:
NEXT ZAP X'A28'(4,RD),X'2F1'(3,RD) ... | /Users/ilidiolopes/Documents/ca-intertest-and-ca-symdump-11-01.pdf |
590dc6372c18-1 | hexadecimal digits.
Data Display Area
The data display area is under the next and previous instruction line. In the previous example, it appears as:
23704968 00000000
This example shows only four bytes. However, when a larger data field is involved, the portion of the display can occupy
the entire lower left corner of ... | /Users/ilidiolopes/Documents/ca-intertest-and-ca-symdump-11-01.pdf |
628572217cc4-0 | InterTest™ and SymDump ® 11.0
Backtrace Display
The backtrace display has two vertical columns under the heading in.....out on the right side of the breakpoint screen.
Each pair of entries describes the boundaries of a piece of the program that executed sequentially. That is, they were
executed in the same order as the... | /Users/ilidiolopes/Documents/ca-intertest-and-ca-symdump-11-01.pdf |
628572217cc4-1 | +00694 +00694
+00794 curr.
In the previous example:
•The letters curr. stand for current location. The current location is also shown in the first line of the breakpoint screen
(+00794 curr is the most recently executed piece of code).
•The # character precedes each statement number.
•Displacements or addr... | /Users/ilidiolopes/Documents/ca-intertest-and-ca-symdump-11-01.pdf |
b8066ed10ec2-0 | InterTest™ and SymDump ® 11.0
Notes:
•If one of the pieces of code executed a loop, the number of times the loop was executed appears as a decimal number
under the appropriate line in the backtrace display.
•If the ,GO= element of the InterTest for CICS dispatch command was requested, the change in the logic flow is s... | /Users/ilidiolopes/Documents/ca-intertest-and-ca-symdump-11-01.pdf |
b8066ed10ec2-1 | CICS tasks to locate the task whose data is to be displayed, and any other tasks to which the CNTL command
could apply. If a chain is damaged, these transactions will abend. Yet, the CICS system might be able to function for
some time with these chains damaged, as long as the CICS software does not have to scan all the... | /Users/ilidiolopes/Documents/ca-intertest-and-ca-symdump-11-01.pdf |
b8066ed10ec2-2 | •The InterTest for CICS automatic breakpoint facility is disabled.
•There is no terminal on which to show the breakpoint display.
•The terminal designated to receive the breakpoint display is not a 3270-type CRT (or compatible model).
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c26db240eb38-0 | InterTest™ and SymDump ® 11.0
INTP
Indicates that a PLI LE program was linked without CEESTART as its first CSECT and InterTest abends the task
with an INTP abend code.
KERN
Indicates that the task at a breakpoint could not recover from an abend. If you know the reason (for example, you
abended the task), ignore this c... | /Users/ilidiolopes/Documents/ca-intertest-and-ca-symdump-11-01.pdf |
c26db240eb38-1 | GETMAIN.
06 The storage area about to be affected is, entirely or in part,
outside of the storage that is legally available to this CICS
application.
07 The storage area about to be affected resides outside of the CICS
region.
08 The named program module cannot be found in the program table
(PPT), its PPT entry is disa... | /Users/ilidiolopes/Documents/ca-intertest-and-ca-symdump-11-01.pdf |
49338f5ad2b7-0 | InterTest™ and SymDump ® 11.0
0F With this task about to terminate, one or more RELOAD=YES
program modules still do not have their main storage areas
FREEMAINed.
10 Possible incorrect length of a temporary storage or transient data
record.
11 A wild branch or direct machine instruction branch outside of the
program mod... | /Users/ilidiolopes/Documents/ca-intertest-and-ca-symdump-11-01.pdf |
49338f5ad2b7-1 | 27 CICS abend intercepted while an EXEC CICS command in
progress.
28 CICS abend intercepted while a CALL outside the program, such
as a Database request, recognized by InterTest for CICS, was in
progress.
29 EXEC CICS RETURN with TRANSID issued from other than the
task's top logical level.
2C An abend occurred while pr... | /Users/ilidiolopes/Documents/ca-intertest-and-ca-symdump-11-01.pdf |
548286ba6a3a-0 | InterTest™ and SymDump ® 11.0
37 A data exception (invalid packed numeric data format) caused an
ASRA abend intercept.
38 A fixed point overflow program check caused an ASRA abend
intercept.
39 A fixed point divide program check caused an ASRA abend
intercept.
3A A decimal overflow program check caused an ASRA abend
in... | /Users/ilidiolopes/Documents/ca-intertest-and-ca-symdump-11-01.pdf |
548286ba6a3a-1 | addition to those issued by the monitored program and the CICS software, when the monitored program is about to:
•Issue a CICS request (command).
•Be stopped at an InterTest for CICS breakpoint or resume execution after an InterTest for CICS breakpoint.
•Execute an instruction for which InterTest for CICS disregards a ... | /Users/ilidiolopes/Documents/ca-intertest-and-ca-symdump-11-01.pdf |
077fa8f8ce42-0 | InterTest™ and SymDump ® 11.0
–At a CICS command, bytes 0 to 3 contain four hexadecimal digits that specify the command code (such as, 0204 for
a handle condition).
–At a breakpoint, bytes 0 to 2 contain the code indicating the type of breakpoint (ABP = automatic breakpoint, UBP =
unconditional breakpoint, and so on) a... | /Users/ilidiolopes/Documents/ca-intertest-and-ca-symdump-11-01.pdf |
077fa8f8ce42-1 | •In fields A and B, the fourth entry contains the name of the program that obtains control.
When monitoring is dropped because of a BYP option or a request by an IN25UEXI routine, field B contains DROP.
Internal Processing Entries
CICS trace table entries for InterTest for CICS internal processing do not appear unless ... | /Users/ilidiolopes/Documents/ca-intertest-and-ca-symdump-11-01.pdf |
2748e5c761e9-0 | InterTest™ and SymDump ® 11.0
Using the FOL= Option
NOTE
Although the FOL= option can still be used, it was replaced by Source Listing and CNTL facilities to dynamically
called programs. It is often difficult to debug software that does not follow CICS standards. To use InterTest for
CICS on such software, you must req... | /Users/ilidiolopes/Documents/ca-intertest-and-ca-symdump-11-01.pdf |
2748e5c761e9-1 | from where it passed control, and which program received control and from where.
•InterTest for CICS begins to show data pertaining to the new program in the breakpoint display. For example, any
displacements in the backtrace portion of the breakpoint screen are calculated relative to the program that just
received con... | /Users/ilidiolopes/Documents/ca-intertest-and-ca-symdump-11-01.pdf |
2748e5c761e9-2 | displacements, and the UBP= and BYP= options can be declared for displacements and for addresses. The addresses
ensure that if InterTest for CICS cannot find the CICS program and InterTest Monitoring Table entries, it continues
monitoring under the Monitoring Table entry of the program that passed control.
WARNING
Inte... | /Users/ilidiolopes/Documents/ca-intertest-and-ca-symdump-11-01.pdf |
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monitoring, it has to know where control is returned so that later it can resume monitoring. However, the location
to which control is returned depends on the design of the monitored program, and InterTest for CICS cannot
predict that. This is why monitoring cannot be interrupted on a wild... | /Users/ilidiolopes/Documents/ca-intertest-and-ca-symdump-11-01.pdf |
a45bc1290cce-1 | •The program to be monitored received control from another COBOL program using a dynamic call.
•The program to be monitored received control as the abend exit routine. In other words, the program (or part of it), was
named in an EXEC CICS HANDLE ABEND command, executed prior to the abend.
If a non-monitored program p... | /Users/ilidiolopes/Documents/ca-intertest-and-ca-symdump-11-01.pdf |
a45bc1290cce-2 | •Any other means the monitored program could use to pass control to other parts of the application.
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InterTest for CICS recognizes CICS service requests if the commands are coded into the monitored program. However,
it might not recognize calls to the system if the statements that prepare the service request are coded and arranged
differently than as generated by the CICS command translat... | /Users/ilidiolopes/Documents/ca-intertest-and-ca-symdump-11-01.pdf |
71850ecb06f3-1 | for CICS suppresses any type of breakpoint set between the POST and WAIT allowing the application program to
continue normally.
SYSVIEW Integration
The InterTest CICS Integration with SYSVIEW Performance Management enables SYSVIEW to detect application debug
activity in an executing CICS Transaction. The detection o... | /Users/ilidiolopes/Documents/ca-intertest-and-ca-symdump-11-01.pdf |
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Cmd Jobname A Tran Task# Program Term WaitType WaitName Debug CPUTime Lifetime WaitTime ExecTime
RunTime
______ CICS700V CISR 31 DFHISRRP IS_IN... | /Users/ilidiolopes/Documents/ca-intertest-and-ca-symdump-11-01.pdf |
310ef504eb4e-1 | ______ . CHCK 35 DFHHCHK ICWAIT 0.034595 13:05:45
______ . CISE 32 DFHISEMP IS_ERROR IS_ERROQ 0.000357 13:05:45
______ . CEPF 23 DFHECDF ECDFQEMW ECSUSPND 0.00002... | /Users/ilidiolopes/Documents/ca-intertest-and-ca-symdump-11-01.pdf |
310ef504eb4e-2 | tightly monitored CICS region.
Access CTASKS
You can access SYSVIEW CTASKS through SYSVIEW Plug-in for Zowe CLI, or through SYSVIEW ISPF screens.
ZOWE CLI
To locate specific fields, use the fields command as shown in the following example:
zowe sysview display “ACTIVITY;ASID CICSJOB1;CTASKS;” -fields Jobname Tran Pr... | /Users/ilidiolopes/Documents/ca-intertest-and-ca-symdump-11-01.pdf |
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NOTE
Debugging activities are also available in the Transaction history which includes a message Application
debugging was active for transaction .
This capability, included in PTF SO15873 , is supported in InterTest for CICS-V11, and SYSVIEW -V16.
CICS Abend Analysis
SymDump for CICS im... | /Users/ilidiolopes/Documents/ca-intertest-and-ca-symdump-11-01.pdf |
34077209ba3e-1 | •Immediately resolve CICS production problems from any region; for example, debug production abends from your test
region. With SymDump for CICS you can analyze the dump online to resolve the problem promptly, without using a
monitoring facility. For more information, see Production Strategies .
•Easily display a wid... | /Users/ilidiolopes/Documents/ca-intertest-and-ca-symdump-11-01.pdf |
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BLLS EIB REGS TGT
BLX EIS RSA TUAR
BLXS EISTG SCAB TWA
BWD FIND= SCAN USE=
CLOT L= SQLCA WKAR
CMAR LCL SQLRCODE USER
CSA OPFL SSCR WHERE
CURR PGM STCA
CWA PGM=* TCA
CWK PROG TACB
SymDump for CICS does not support the following CORE keywords, but InterTest for CICS does. To look at any of ... | /Users/ilidiolopes/Documents/ca-intertest-and-ca-symdump-11-01.pdf |
dedc57d18445-1 | 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 ... | /Users/ilidiolopes/Documents/ca-intertest-and-ca-symdump-11-01.pdf |
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8 What's new? - Display information about CA SymDump for CICS
X Exit - Terminate CA-SymDump menu processing
PF1 Help 2 3 End 4 Return 5 6
PF7 8 9 10 11 ... | /Users/ilidiolopes/Documents/ca-intertest-and-ca-symdump-11-01.pdf |
5c6d871fddbe-1 | where x is the option number listed on the SymDump for CICS Primary Option menu. You can also quickly exit
any menu by using =X.
Standard PF Keys
PF key assignments are standard across all SymDump for CICS menus. The following is a list of the standard PF key
assignments.
PF1 Help
Displays a Help menu relating to the... | /Users/ilidiolopes/Documents/ca-intertest-and-ca-symdump-11-01.pdf |
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PF2
Unassigned.
PF3 End
(End or Clear) Terminates the current screen.
PF4 Profile
Displays the Source Listing Profile screen where you can set values for your current session.
PF6 Menu
Displays the Primary Option menu.
PF7 Backward
Scrolls backward one page unless the setting was changed o... | /Users/ilidiolopes/Documents/ca-intertest-and-ca-symdump-11-01.pdf |
0c2a17c7787d-1 | Suppress transaction dumps: N (Y,N) Capture EXEC CICS dumps: Y (Y,N)
Automatic purge of dumps: Y (Y,N) Dump only current program: N (Y,N)
Automatic purge hold days: 7 (0-99) Dump select start date: 06/01/2000
Dynamic purge of oldest dump: N (Y,N) (CURRDATE or MM/DD/YYYY)
... | /Users/ilidiolopes/Documents/ca-intertest-and-ca-symdump-11-01.pdf |
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Duplicate dump limit: 3 (0-999)
Enter abend codes to be EXCLUDED: '*' is generic character
____ ____ ____ ____ ____
____ ____ ____ ... | /Users/ilidiolopes/Documents/ca-intertest-and-ca-symdump-11-01.pdf |
bff78225842f-1 | 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 SymDump for CICS startup.
Limits: Enter a number from 0 to 99, inclusive
Default: 1
Dynami... | /Users/ilidiolopes/Documents/ca-intertest-and-ca-symdump-11-01.pdf |
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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 reache... | /Users/ilidiolopes/Documents/ca-intertest-and-ca-symdump-11-01.pdf |
06c2f689f06d-1 | Default: CURRDATE (current date)
Enter Abend Codes to be Excluded
Enter the abend codes for which symbolic dumps should not be written to the 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... | /Users/ilidiolopes/Documents/ca-intertest-and-ca-symdump-11-01.pdf |
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Start and Stop a Dump Capture
Users can view dumps or traces online even if SymDump for CICS dump capture has not been started. However,
SymDump for CICS cannot write or capture dumps or traces unless the dump capture facility is active.
NOTE
Access to these functions may be restricted a... | /Users/ilidiolopes/Documents/ca-intertest-and-ca-symdump-11-01.pdf |
ea6ae4f671e4-1 | The Dump/Trace Analysis screen appears.
--------- CA SymDump for CICS DUMP/TRACE ANALYSIS -----------
COMMAND ===>
Type captured dump/trace selection criteria, then press ENTER.
Dump File ID PROTDMP_ (*+), Required
CICS applid ________... | /Users/ilidiolopes/Documents/ca-intertest-and-ca-symdump-11-01.pdf |
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Start time . 00 hh
End date . . 04/23/2000 mm/dd/yyyy
End time . . 24 hh
(*+) Wildcard characters are allowed
... | /Users/ilidiolopes/Documents/ca-intertest-and-ca-symdump-11-01.pdf |
7a88f3982355-1 | more than one region.
Enter any valid CICS applid from 1 to 8 alphanumeric characters in length Wildcard characters * and + are
permitted.
Default: None
User ID
Specify the user ID to select dumps produced by a specific user ID.
Enter any valid user ID from 1- to 8-alphanumeric characters in length. Wildcard character... | /Users/ilidiolopes/Documents/ca-intertest-and-ca-symdump-11-01.pdf |
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Termid
Specify the terminal ID to select dumps for transactions running at a specific terminal.
Enter any valid terminal ID in the format xxxx. A generic character is not permitted.
Default: None
Start Date
Specify the month, day, and year from which SymDump for CICS should begin select... | /Users/ilidiolopes/Documents/ca-intertest-and-ca-symdump-11-01.pdf |
17b601216245-1 | the same day.
-------------- CA SymDump for CICS DUMP/TRACE ANALYSIS -----------------
COMMAND ===>
Type captured dump/trace selection criteria, then press ENTER.
Dump File ID PROTDMP_ (*+), required
CICS applid ________ (*+)
User ID . . ... | /Users/ilidiolopes/Documents/ca-intertest-and-ca-symdump-11-01.pdf |
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PF7 8 9 10 11 12
Select Dumps from Another CICS Region
If the region whose dumps you want to access has its own SymDump for CICS dump data set.
Access Dumps
To access dumps in a region that has separate dump data sets
1.Change the defa... | /Users/ilidiolopes/Documents/ca-intertest-and-ca-symdump-11-01.pdf |
aa9950b96fe1-1 | hold for future use, or release from a previously specified hold.
Note: If the dump or trace you are looking for does not appear on the Dump/Trace Selection screen, check your selection
criteria on the Dump/Trace Analysis screen. Since only dumps and traces that meet your selection criteria appear on the
Dump/Trace Sel... | /Users/ilidiolopes/Documents/ca-intertest-and-ca-symdump-11-01.pdf |
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Example Dump/Trace Selection List (Collapsed View)
The following sample screen shows that two dump files met the selection criteria entered with a mask of PROTD* on the
Dump/Trace Analysis screen. Each dump file is a branch on the tree.
--------------- CA SymDump for CICS DUMP/TRACE SELEC... | /Users/ilidiolopes/Documents/ca-intertest-and-ca-symdump-11-01.pdf |
1d4f79078bd2-1 | Dumpfile Tran Program Offset Abend Created # Dups Status
_ - PROTDMP DEMC COBDEML 000812 ASRA 07/22/2000 12:50:20 2
_ |- DEMC COBDEML 000812 ASRA 07/22/2000 12:50:08 2
_ |- DEC2 COB2DEMO 001188 ASRA 07/22/2000 12:48:49 2
_ |- ... | /Users/ilidiolopes/Documents/ca-intertest-and-ca-symdump-11-01.pdf |
1d4f79078bd2-2 | The expanded listing shows the following information for each dump:
Dumpfile
Specifies the file ID of the dump data set.
Tran
Identifies the transaction that produced the dump, or *Duplicate* if the listing represents a duplicate abend of the
prior listing.
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Program
Identifies the program that produced the dump, or if SYMT was used to capture the CICS Interval Trace Table, the
program that produced the trace .
Offset
Specifies the program offset that triggered the abend.
Abend
Identifies the abend code when the dump was produced.
Created
Speci... | /Users/ilidiolopes/Documents/ca-intertest-and-ca-symdump-11-01.pdf |
9255d9a1ce19-1 | sequence by CREATED.
View Duplicate Abends
SymDump for CICS identifies duplicate abends on the selection list in the # Dups column. Duplicate dumps show the
same entries on the selection list, except for the creation date and time. For duplicate dumps, the most recent dump is
listed first and the oldest dump is listed... | /Users/ilidiolopes/Documents/ca-intertest-and-ca-symdump-11-01.pdf |
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Dump Options
You can specify the dump options from the Dump/Trace Selection screen to view, delete, hold, or release dumps or view
the status.
Follow these steps:
1.Open the Dump/Trace Selection screen.
2.Specify one of the following options:
NOTE
You can specify an option for more than on... | /Users/ilidiolopes/Documents/ca-intertest-and-ca-symdump-11-01.pdf |
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