Using the abend dump

When the symptom of the failure is a TSO/E error message, use the save area trace section of the SYSUDUMP to determine the name of the failure-related module. See Figure 1 for a sample save area trace.

Figure 1. ISMF—Finding the Module Name in a SYSUDUMP

SAVE AREA TRACE
 
DGTFMD01 WAS ENTERED VIA LINK         AT EP DGTFMD01..90.349
SA   0002EFD8  WD1 000000D0   HSA 0002E818   LSA 05301C50   RET 80FD2C38   EPA 8538C630   R0  03178AEC
               R1  0002F084   R2  0002EB84   R3  FFFFFFFF   R4  0002EB84   R5  0002A4D0   R6  00000000
               R7  00000001   R8  0002EB80   R9  00029740   R10 00000000   R11 00000000   R12 83178790
DGTFMD01 WAS ENTERED VIA CALL         AT EP DGTFMD05..90.349
SA   05301C50  WD1 00000000   HSA 0002EFD8   LSA 053018E0   RET 8538C832   EPA 8538DA38   R0  03178AEC
               R1  05301D70   R2  0000000C   R3  00000048   R4  05301F54   R5  05301E74   R6  00000000
               R7  00000000   R8  8002EB9A   R9  00029 740  R10 0539213C   R11 05301C50   R12 8538C630
UNKNOWN  WAS ENTERED VIA CALL         AT EP ISPDIR.912 17
SA   00030AC0  WD1 000004C0   HSA 00030300   LSA 0003C010   RET 831708A6   EPA 8316ABC8   R0  00000000
               R1  00030B10   R2  00030E80   R3  000301B8   R4  000000FE   R5  00017C14   R6  00015218
               R7  00030668   R8  00030D60   R9  00029740   R10 00030DD8   R11 00000000   R12 83170018
UNKNOWN  WAS ENTERED VIA CALL         AT EP ISPDIL.92014.OY51175.3.3
SA   0003C010  WD1 000007C0   HSA 00030AC0   LSA 0003C7D0   RET 8316B89A   EPA 83178790   R0  05300FCC
               R1  0003C0E0   R2  00000000   R3  00000000   R4  00017000   R5  00017000   R6  00015218
               R7  0003C378   R8  0316DBC8   R9  00029740   R10 0316CBC8   R11 0316BBC8   R12 8316ABC8
DGTFVA00 WAS ENTERED VIA LINK
SA   0003C7D0  WD1 000000D0   HSA 0003C010   LSA 05301638   RET 80FD2C38   EPA 853AA7A0   R0  03178AEC
               R1  0003C87C   R2  0003C37C   R3  FFFFFFFF   R4  0003C37C   R5  0002A4D0   R6  00000000
               R7  00000001   R8  0003C378   R9  00029740   R10 00000000   R11 00000000   R12 83178790
DGTFVA00 WAS ENTERED VIA CALL         AT EP DGTFVA11..91.221
SA   053966F4  WD1 00000000   HSA 05301638   LSA 053B90BC   RET 853AB422   EPA 8539FCB0   R0  00000000
               R1  05396A20   R2  00000001   R3  00000000   R4  0003C37C   R5  0002A4D0   R6  00000000
               R7  00000001   R8  05396DB8   R9  053AC03D   R10 0539213C   R11 053966F4   R12 853AB03E
DGTFMD01 WAS ENTERED VIA CALL         AT EP DGTFCTPR..91.227
SA   053E80A4  WD1 00000000   HSA 053EA4E4   LSA 053E305C   RET 853FFB5A   EPA 0533F540   R0  053E83F4
               R1  053E827C   R2  053E8404   R3  0005BCD9   R4  053F3E80   R5  053EA874   R6  0005B832
               R7  0005A833   R8  053010CC   R9  053F3145   R10 0539213C   R11 053E80A4   R12 853FF476

Examine the SAVE AREA TRACE section of the SYSUDUMP.
Scan the left-hand margin, looking for the words INTERRUPT AT.
Look at each entry in the SAVE AREA TRACE section of the dump (scanning upward from the interrupt address) and find the EPA (entry point address) that is less than (but closest to) the interrupt address.
The name of the failing module is located in the row above its EPA (the one that you found in Step 3) in the center of the page. The module name should appear in one of the following two sets of words:
```
WAS ENTERED VIA CALL    AT EP module name
```
```
WAS ENTERED VIA LINK    AT EP module name
```
In Figure 1, the module name for the failure is highlighted.
Specify the module name as the module keyword.
Example: If the module name is DGTFTCMD, specify the module keyword as:
```
DGTFTCMD
```
See ISMF—modifier keywords.