BLSRDRPX — Map dump record prefix

Description

The BLSRDRPX macro creates a map of the dump record prefix. The dump record prefix contains the title of the dump and other information needed for interpretation of the dump.

See z/OS MVS IPCS Customization for information about formatting dump data. See z/OS MVS Data Areas in z/OS Internet Library at http://www.ibm.com/systems/z/os/zos/bkserv/ for a mapping of the BLSRDRPX data area.

Environment

Because BLSRDRPX is not an executable macro, there are no specific environment requirements.

Programming requirements

None.

Restrictions

None.

Register information

Because BLSRDRPX is not an executable macro, there is no need to save and restore register contents.

Performance implications

None.

Syntax

The standard form of the BLSRDRPX macro is written as follows:

Syntax	Description

`name`	`name`: Symbol. `name` must begin in column 1 and it cannot exceed four characters in length.

␢	One or more blanks must precede BLSRDRPX.

BLSRDRPX

␢	One or more blanks must follow BLSRDRPX.

ABITS=31	Default: ABITS=64
ABITS=64

DSECT=YES	Default: DSECT=YES
DSECT=NO

Parameters

The parameters are explained as follows:

ABITS=31
ABITS=64: Specifies whether 31-bit or 64-bit storage is to be generated.
DSECT=YES
DSECT=NO: Generates a DSECT for the dump record prefix (DSECT=YES) or generates an initialized set of DCs for the dump record prefix (DSECT=NO).