DRA dumps
The DRA creates a dump when a DRA request fails or when DRA processing fails. A DRA request failure produces either a system abend or an IMS pseudoabend. A DRA processing failure produces a system abend.
For either type of failure, the DRA first tries to create a z/OS® SDUMP. If that fails, the DRA creates a SNAP dump. In some situations, the DRA creates a SNAP dump without attempting to create an SDUMP. For certain types of pseudoabends, the DRA creates neither an SDUMP nor a SNAP dump.
To determine what type of dump the DRA created, check field PAPLRETC in the DFSPAPL (the parameter list that passes information between the CCTL and the DBCTL). The field PAPLRETC has the format hhsssuuu, where hh indicates the type of dump.
The following table shows the values for hh and indicates which dumps the DRA creates for different types of failures.
| hh | Type of dump | Failures |
|---|---|---|
| X'80' | SDUMP or SNAP | An SDUMP is created for all IMS abend codes not listed in this table, and for all z/OS abend codes that can be retried. If the SDUMP fails, a SNAP dump is created. |
| X'84' | SNAP | A SNAP dump is created for IMS abend codes U0260, U0261, and U0263. |
| X'88' | No | No SDUMP or SNAP dump
is created for the following codes:
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