Suppress SymDump Batch abend Report

Products

• SymDump for CICS
• SymDump Batch

Issue/Introduction

SymDump Batch is initialized at IPL time and remains dormant until a dump is requested as the result of an abend. CA Symdump Batch then gets invoked by the operating system dump SVC and reports on every abend generating a CA SymDump Batch abend report.

SymDump Batch by default suppresses the standard IBM system dump. Sometimes a system dump is required to ship to IBM or a vendor for diagnostic purposes.

 

 

Resolution

To allow the standard dump facility to be invoked the following conditions must be met.

1. The abending JOB step must have //SYSUDUMP DD card defined.
2. //CAOESTOP DD DUMMY must be allocated to the abending STEP.
   If the CAOESTOP DD statement is present SymDump Batch is bypassed and your standard dump facility is invoked.