How to copy an individual dump stored in the CA SymDump for CICS PROTDMP file repository to another PROTDMP file?

Products

• SymDump for CICS

Issue/Introduction

Historically CA SymDump for CICS had no batch utility program to manage dumps captured to the PROTDMP dump repository.
The only option you had for copying dumps was to use the IDCAMS REPRO command to copy the entire PROTDMP file.
Starting in release 8.5 a batch utility program IN25DMPU is now available to manage dumps stored in the PROTDMP repository.
This new utility now allows dumps to be copied, deleted, list, locked or unlocked.

Environment

Z/OS 

CICS

Resolution

The following JCL example uses batch utility program IN25DMPU to COPY an individual dump from one PROTDMP file to another.
In the sample JCL below transaction abend DEC2 is copied to a second PROTDMP file.
Note the keyword ODSN identifies the INPUT PROTDMP file and keyword DSN identifies the PROTDMP file being copied to.
This utility is outlined in the CA SymDump for CICS User Guide in the Batch Utility chapter.

 
//JOBCARD
//PDMP     EXEC PGM=IN25DMPU
//STEPLIB  DD DISP=SHR,DSN=HLQ.SYMDUMP.CAVHLOAD
//SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=*,DCB=(BLKSIZE=133)
//SYSIN    DD *
ODSN HLQ.SYMDUM91.CICS68.R91.PROTDMP
DSN  HLQ.SYMDUM91.COPYTO.R91.PROTDMP
COPY TRAN EQ DEC2
/*
//

Messages generated by the copy command are

 
 
DSN HLQ.SYMDUM91.COPYTO.R91.PROTDMP
 
COPY TRAN EQ DEC2
 
 APPLE-ID 12/03/2010  14:57:20  ASRA   COB2DEMO  DEC2  U016  +0013DA  **Copying
 APPLE-ID 12/03/2010  14:57:20  ASRA   COB2DEMO  DEC2  U016  +0013DA  **Copied

Additional Information:

CA SymDump for CICS batch utility program IN25DMPU is outlined in the CA SymDump for CICS Users Guide Batch Utility chapter.