How can I confirm if the CA Datacom DATASPACE is present in the IPCS dump and then look at the contents of the Data Space?

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Issue/Introduction

Description:

I am providing an IPCS dump to CA to analyze. My CA Datacom Multi-User (MUF) log is showing the informational message (DB00278I - DATASPACE NAME name) indicating that this MUF is enabling with the named Data Space. How can I confirm if the CA Datacom Data Space is present in the IPCS dump? Also, how can I look at the contents of the Data Space?

Solution:

After you have made the dump available to IPCS, to confirm if the Data Space is present:

Go to the z/OS IPCS PRIMARY OPTION MENU menu.
Select option 4 INVENTORY.
Position the cursor by the dump dataset name in question.
Type either "LZ" or "LD" to the left of DSNAME and press enter.
On the output command line type "F data space name" and hit enter.

If the Data Space is in the dump, the find will position you there with its attributes and address ranges.

Then, how can I look at the contents of a Data Space?

Go to the dump list of address spaces.
Between the data space ASID(X'addr') and AREA, type in the "DSPNAME(data space name) and press enter.
You can then view the data space in the dump, by typing S to select it.

Example:

Command ===> f 00015muf                                       SCROLL ===> CSR 
                                                                             
  ASID(X'003A') DSPNAME(00015MUF)                                            
    00.:0FFF. RECORD(298359) POSITIONS(64:4159) ABSOLUTE                     
    1000.:0FFFFFFF. ALL(X'00')                                               
...more...                                                                    
                                                                             
Go back to 1 BROWSE ... enter enter...                                        
Type in DSPNAME(00015MUF) as shown below...                                   
                                                                             
Command ===>                                                  SCROLL ===> CSR 
ASID(X'003A') is the default address space                                    
PTR   Address            Address space                            Data type   
00001 00.                ASID(X'003A')   DSPNAME(00015MUF)        AREA        
                                                                             
                                                                             
Select it. Type "s" in the PTR column as shown below...                       
                                                                             
Command ===>                                                  SCROLL ===> CSR 
ASID(X'003A') is the default address space                                    
PTR   Address            Address space                            Data type   
s0001 00.                ASID(X'003A')   DSPNAME(00015MUF)        AREA        
                                                                             
Hit enter...                                                                  
BLSPDISD 3A') DSPNAME(00015MUF) ADDRESS(00.) STORAGE ------------------------ 
Command ===>                                                  SCROLL ===> CSR 
00000000.:5F.--All bytes contain X'00'                                        
00000060   00000000   0001355B   00000000   00000000   | .......$........ |   
00000070.:1FFFFFFF.--All bytes contain X'00'                                  
20000000   C4C26DD4   D36DC4E3   E2D74040   9A060E0E   | DB_ML_DTSP  .... |   
...more... 

Voila!

Environment

Release: DATABB00200-14-Datacom/AD
Component: