How to force a utility abend

You can force a utility abend by specifying either a message or a trace IFCID in the DIAGNOSE utility control statement.

To force utilities to abend, use the following approaches:

• Issue a DIAGNOSE utility control statement.
  To force an abend when unique-index or referential-constraint violations are detected, you must specify the message that is issued when the error is encountered. Specify this message by using the MESSAGE option of the ABEND statement.
• Instead of using a message, you can force an abend by using the TRACEID option of the ABEND statement to specify a trace IFCID that is associated with the utility to force an abend.
• Use the INSTANCE keyword to specify the number of times that the specified message or trace record is to be generated before the utility abends.