Sending the DADS Plus for CICS DADSBIF Batch Interface File to technical support

Products

• DADS Plus

Issue/Introduction

Sometimes an end user will encounter a problem using DADS Plus for CICS and the problem cannot be reproduced at Broadcom.
In these cases, technical support may request the client's DADSBIF batch interface file to attempt recreation of the reported problem or to review the contents of the DADSBIF file.

Environment

Release: 4.0
Component: DADS Plus for CICS

Resolution

The DADSBIF Batch Interface File is a VSAM RRDS fixed length file with a record length of RECSZ(4086 4086). In order to send the DADSBIF file to Broadcom, please do the following steps.

1. Create a sequential file FM=FB LRECL=4086 BLKSIZE=4086.
2. IDCAMS REPRO the VSAM DADSBIF file to the sequential file just created.
3. Use the IBM TRSMAIN utility to TERSE the sequential file.
4. Note how many records were REPRO'd to the sequential file.
5. Upload the TERSEd sequential file to the FTP server and update the contact with the number of records REPRO'd to the sequential file.