How to exclude CA SymDump System or CA Symdump batch from capturing a dump? How can I suppress a dump from dump capture for these products?

Products

• SymDump for CICS
• SymDump Batch

Issue/Introduction

How can I exclude CA Symdump System from capturing a Z/OS SVC dump or CA Symdump batch from capturing a SYSUDUMP?

 

Environment

Z/OS

 

Resolution

For CA Symdump System you add the inclusion and exclusion criteria to the options table (CADVTABL) to control which system dumps are captured.

Sometimes it is necessary to suppress the dump from CA SymDump System dump capture even when a dump satisfies the selection criteria, you can exclude the dump from capture by including the following DD statement in the JCL for the abending step:

//CADVSTOP DD DUMMY

This DD statement, when specified in the JCL, unconditionally prevents any system dump from being captured for this job. It cannot be overridden by any setting in the options table, and it cannot be overridden by user exit CADVUSR1.

When this DD statement is present, IBM system dumps may still be taken but may not be captured by CA SymDump System.



For CA Symdump batch in addition to the exclusion criteria provided with the default member CAOETABL, you can suppress an abend report for any job step by adding a DD statement to your JCL.

To suppress abend reports, add a DD statement to your JCL.

The STOPDD option, defined in CAOETABL, defines the name of the DD. The default value is CAOESTOP. Following is an example of using this DD with the default value:

//CAOESTOP DD DUMMY

When the DD statement specified in your defaults table is present, CA SymDump Batch is bypassed and your standard dump facility is invoked.

Make sure  default table CAOETABL has DUMP ON specified. 

DUMP ON|OFF 
Specifies whether to force or suppress a system dump after it has completed its processing.