IPCS symbol definitions
Table 1 lists the IPCS symbol definitions.
| Symbol | Associated data | Data type definition |
|---|---|---|
| ABENDCODE | ABEND code | STRUCTURE(SDWAABCC) |
| AFT | The ASN-first-table control block | STRUCTURE(AFTE) |
| ASCBnnnnn | Address space control block for address space nnnnn | STRUCTURE(ASCB) |
| ASMVT | System auxiliary storage management vector table | STRUCTURE(ASMVT) |
| ASTnnnn | The ASN-second-table control block for address space group nnnn | STRUCTURE(ASTE) |
| ASTEnnnnn | The ASN-second-table control block entry for address space nnnnn | STRUCTURE(ASTE) |
| ASVT | System address space vector table | STRUCTURE(ASVT) |
| ASXBnnnnn | Address space extension block for address space nnnnn | STRUCTURE(ASXB) |
| BLSQXBT | Table of system materials built from parmlib members BLSCECT, BLSCUSER, .... | STRUCTURE(BLSQXBT) |
| BLSQXBTnnnnn | Table of materials used by IPCS in ASID nnnnn for processing of dumps and traces generated by an ESA-mode system. | STRUCTURE(BLSQXBT) |
| BLSQXBTG | Table of materials used by IPCS in ASID nnnnn for processing of dumps and traces generated by a system supporting z/Architecture®. | STRUCTURE(BLSQXBT) |
| CDEpgmname | A contents directory entry for entry point pgmname | STRUCTURE(CDE) |
| COMMON | The system common area | AREA(COMMON) |
| COMPONENTID | Component ID | CHARACTER |
| CPUD | CPU Dependent Block | STRUCTURE(CPUD) |
| CSA | The common system area | AREA(CSA) |
| CSD | The common system data area | STRUCTURE(CSD) |
| CSECT | Control section | CHARACTER |
| CURSOR | A fullword pointer identified by the position of the cursor on the display terminal | |
| CVT | The system communications vector table | STRUCTURE(CVT) |
| CVTVSTGX | The virtual storage address extension to the system communications vector table | STRUCTURE(CVTVSTGX) |
| CVTXTNT2 | The system communications vector table extension | STRUCTURE(CVTXTNT2) |
| DAESYMPTOMS | The symptoms provided by the program that requested the dump and, possibly, by the program that produced the dump. These are MVS™ symptoms, which are used by dump analysis and elimination (DAE) to identify duplicate dumps. If the primary symptom string is longer than 256 bytes, this symbol contains the first 256 bytes of the symptom string. | CHARACTER |
| DATOFFNUCLEUS | The portion of the system nucleus that is used with dynamic address translation turned off | AREA(DATOFFNUCLEUS) |
| DIB | A control block maintained to support the data-in-virtual function | STRUCTURE(DIB) |
| DIBX | A control block maintained to support the data-in-virtual function | STRUCTURE(DIBX) |
| DUMPINGPROGRAM | Name of the program that produced the dump | CHARACTER |
| DUMPINGSYSTEM | System that wrote and was represented by the dump | CHARACTER |
| DUMPORIGINALDSNAME | Name of the original data set to which the dump was written | CHARACTER |
| DUMPREQUESTOR | Name of the program that requested the dump | CHARACTER |
| DUMPTIMESTAMP | Time from the time-of-day (TOD) clock presented in the following
format: |
CHARACTER |
| DUMPTOD | Time from the time-of-day (TOD) clock in a bit string | STRUCTURE(TODCLOCK) |
| ECSA | The extended common system area | AREA(ECSA) |
| EFLPA | The extended fixed link pack area | AREA(EFLPA) |
| EMLPA | The extended modified link pack area | AREA(EMLPA) |
| ENUCLEUS | The extended nucleus | AREA(ENUCLEUS) |
| EPnnnnn | Entry point nnnnn in an entry point trace | MODULE |
| EPIDnnnnn | Entry point identifier nnnnn in an entry point trace | CHARACTER |
| EPLPA | The extended pageable link pack area | AREA(EPLPA) |
| ERRORID | Error identifier used in logrec software records associated with this dump on the same system. If multiple dumps were requested, the same ERRORID appears on these dumps. | STRUCTURE(ERRORID) |
| ESQA | The extended system queue area | AREA(ESQA) |
| FINDAREA | Area currently being searched by the FIND subcommand. This area may be explicitly changed with the EQUATE subcommand and implicitly changed with the FIND subcommand. FINDAREA is defined by the FIND subcommand for all types of dump data sets; it is not limited to SVC dumps. | |
| FLPA | Fixed link pack area | AREA(FLPA) |
| GDA | Global data area | STRUCTURE(GDA) |
| IARHVCOM | High virtual common area | AREA(IARHVCOM) |
| IARHVSHR | High virtual shared area | AREA(IARHVSHR) |
| IEAVESLA | System lock area | STRUCTURE(IEAVESLA) |
| IEFJESCTPX | Pageable JESCT extension | STRUCTURE(IEFJESCTPX) |
| IEFZB445 | Device allocation default table | STRUCTURE(IEFZB445) |
| IHSAnnnnn | Interrupt handler save area for address space nnnnn | STRUCTURE(IHSA) |
| INCIDENTTOKEN | Incident token for all dumps initiated by a single dump request | STRUCTURE(IEAINTKN) |
| ISGGVT | Global resource serialization vector table | STRUCTURE(ISGGVT) |
| ISGGVTX | Global resource serialization vector table extension | STRUCTURE(ISGGVTX) |
| ISGQHTG | Global resource serialization queue hash table for global resources | STRUCTURE(ISGQHT) |
| ISGQHTL | Global resource serialization queue hash table for local (system) resources | STRUCTURE(ISGQHT) |
| ISGQHTS | Global resource serialization queue hash table for step resources | STRUCTURE(ISGQHT) |
| ISGRSV | Global resource serialization ring status vector | STRUCTURE(ISGRSV) |
| ITTCTAB | Component trace anchor block | STRUCTURE(ITTCTAB) |
| ITTCTQE name | Component name CTRACE queue entry | STRUCTURE(ITTCTQE) |
| LCCAnn | Logical configuration communication area for processor nn | STRUCTURE(LCCA) |
| LCCAVT | The LCCA vector table | STRUCTURE(LCCAVT) |
| LCCXnn | LCCA extension for cpu nn | STRUCTURE(LCCX) |
| LDAnnnnn | LDA for ASID nnnnn | STRUCTURE(LDA) |
| LOADMODULE | Load module | CHARACTER |
| LPDEpgmname | Link pack directory entry for pgmname | STRUCTURE(LPDE) |
| MLPA | The modified link pack area | AREA(MLPA) |
| NUCLEUS | The nucleus | AREA(NUCLEUS) |
| NVT | Nucleus initialization program (NIP) vector table | STRUCTURE(NVT) |
| OSRELEASE | Version, release, and modification level | CHARACTER |
| PART | Page address resolution table. This symbol is defined only by the ASMCHECK subcommand. | STRUCTURE(PART) |
| PCCAnn | Physical configuration communication area for processor nn | STRUCTURE(PCCA) |
| PCCAVT | The PCCA vector table | STRUCTURE(PCCAVT) |
| PFT | The system page frame table | STRUCTURE(PFT) |
| pgmname | A load module or portion of a load module originating at entry point pgmname | MODULE(pgmname) |
| PGTnnnnnaaaaa | Page table for address space nnnnn, segment aaaaa The page table for segment 0 of address space 1 is PGT00001AAAAA; for segment 1, PGT00001AAAAB, .... |
STRUCTURE(PGTE) |
| PLPA | The pageable link pack area | AREA(PLPA) |
| PMRNUMBER | Program Management Record (PMR) number | CHARACTER |
| PRIMARYSYMPTOMS | The symptoms provided by the program that requested the dump and, possibly, by the program that produced the dump. These are RETAIN symptoms, which are used to search the RETAIN database. If the primary symptom string is longer than 256 bytes, this symbol contains the first 256 bytes of the symptom string. | CHARACTER |
| PRIVATE | The private area | AREA(PRIVATE) |
| PRIVATEX | The extended private area | AREA(PRIVATEX) |
| PSAnn | The prefixed storage area for processor nn | STRUCTURE(PSA) |
| PSAVALID | A usable PSA represented in the dump. PSAVALID is obtained by accessing the PSA for the processor on which a stand-alone dump was IPLed and by accessing the PSA at location 0 for other types of dumps. | STRUCTURE(PSA) |
| PSW | Program status word at, or near, the error point in a virtual dump | STRUCTURE(PSW) |
| PSWnn | Program status word for CPU nn in a stand-alone dump | STRUCTURE(PSW) |
| PVT | System paging vector table | STRUCTURE(PVT) |
| RCE | RSM Control and Enumeration Area | STRUCTURE(RCE) |
| REASONCODE | Reason code | STRUCTURE(SDWACRC) |
| REGACC | Access registers at or near the error point in a virtual dump | STRUCTURE(REGACC) |
| REGACCnn | Access registers for CPU nn in a stand-alone dump | STRUCTURE(REGACC) |
| REGCTL | Control registers at or near the error point in a virtual dump | STRUCTURE(REGCTL) |
| REGCTLnn | Control registers for CPU nn in a stand-alone dump | STRUCTURE(REGCTL) |
| REGFLT | Floating point registers at or near the error point in a virtual dump | STRUCTURE(REGFLT) |
| REGFLTnn | Floating point registers for CPU nn in a stand-alone dump | STRUCTURE(REGFLT) |
| REGFPC | Floating point control register at or near the error point in an unformatted dump | STRUCTURE(REGFLT) |
| REGFPCnn | Floating point control register for CPU nn in a stand-alone dump | STRUCTURE(REGFLT) |
| REGGEN | General purpose registers at or near the error point in a virtual dump | STRUCTURE(REGGEN) |
| REGGENnn | General purpose registers for CPU nn in a stand-alone dump | STRUCTURE(REGGEN) |
| REGG64H | High-order halves (bits 0-31) of 64-bit general registers | STRUCTURE(REGG64H) |
| REGG64Hnn | High-order halves (bits 0-31) of 64-bit general registers for cpu nn | STRUCTURE(REGG64H) |
 REGVEC |
Vector registers at or near the error point in a virtual dump |
STRUCTURE(REGVEC) |
| REGVECnnn |
Vector registers for CPU nnn in a stand-alone dump |
STRUCTURE(REGVEC) |
| REG32CTL* | 32-bit control registers at or near the error point in a virtual dump. | STRUCTURE(REGCTL32) |
| REG32CTLnn* | 32-bit control registers for CPU nn in a stand-alone dump. | STRUCTURE(REGCTL32) |
| REG32GEN* | 32-bit general purpose registers at or near the error point in a virtual dump. | STRUCTURE(REGGEN32) |
| REG32GENnn* | 32-bit general purpose registers for CPU nn in a stand-alone dump. | STRUCTURE(REGGEN32) |
| REG64CTL* | 64-bit control registers at or near the error point in a virtual dump. | STRUCTURE(REGCTL64) |
| REG64CTLnn* | 64-bit control registers control registers for CPU nn in a stand-alone dump. | STRUCTURE(REGCTL64) |
| REG64GEN* | 64-bit general purpose registers at or near the error point in a virtual dump. | STRUCTURE(REGGEN64) |
| REG64GENnn* | 64-bit general purpose registers for CPU nn in a stand-alone dump. | STRUCTURE(REGGEN64) |
| REMOTEDUMP | Indicator that dumps on other systems in the sysplex were requested:
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CHARACTER |
| RONUCLEUS | The read-only portion of the nucleus | AREA(RONUCLEUS) |
| RTCT | The recovery termination control table | STRUCTURE(RTCT) |
| SAnnnnn | Save area nnnnn in an entry point or 72-byte save area trace | STRUCTURE(REGSAVE) |
| SCCB | The service call control block | STRUCTURE(SCCB) |
| SCVT | The secondary CVT | STRUCTURE(SCVT) |
| SDWAHDR | The SDWA saved in a dump header record | STRUCTURE(SDWAHDR) |
| SECONDARYSYMPTOMS | The symptoms provided by IPCS subcommands used to analyze the dump. These are RETAIN symptoms, which are used to search the RETAIN database. If the secondary symptom string is longer than 256 bytes, this symbol contains the first 256 bytes of the symptom string. | CHARACTER |
| SGTnnnnn | The segment table for address space nnnnn | STRUCTURE(SGTE) |
| SLIPTRAP | The SLIP command that requested the dump. If the actual command is longer than 256 bytes, it is truncated. | CHARACTER |
| SRBPT | SRB Promotion Table | STRUCTURE(SRBPT) |
| SVT | Supervisor Vector Table | STRUCTURE(SVT) |
| SVTX | SVT Extension | STRUCTURE(SVTX) |
| TCBCURRENT | The current TCB. TCBCURRENT is only meaningful in context of a system-detected problem that results in a SYSMDUMP or system dump being recorded. The concept doesn't work when the system operator causes a SADUMP to be written or uses the DUMP command nor does it work with dumps requested by programs that are not running under a TCB. | STRUCTURE(TCB) |
| TCBnnnnnaaaaa | The task control block for address space nnnnn, in position
aaaaa in the priority queue The highest priority TCB in address space 1 is TCB00001AAAAA; the next TCB on the queue is TCB00001AAAAB, .... The last 2 characters in this name are alphabetic and range from AAAAA through AZZZZ, BAAAA, ... BZZZZ, .... |
STRUCTURE(TCB) |
| TITLE | The dump title, which is contained in the dump header. TITLE is defined only during dump initialization for SVC dumps. IPCS does not support dynamic location of the title if the symbol is DROPPED from the symbol table. | CHARACTER |
| UCBdddd | The unit control block for device dddd. The dddd designates the device number in hexadecimal. | STRUCTURE(UCB) |
| UCM | The unit control module | STRUCTURE(UCM) |
| X | The “current address” in a dump. This symbol is defined by most IPCS subcommands in all types of dumps supported by IPCS. | |
| XLpgmname | An extent list for entry point pgmname | STRUCTURE(XTLST) |
| Znnnnn | A dump location that is added to the pointer stack as nnnnn, whenever executing the STACK subcommand, the STACK primary command, or the IPCS dialog. The suffix nnnnn designates a sequenced number. | |
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