Initializing a dump by using the IMS Connect Dump Formatter

Before you can format a dump, you must initialize it. After you initialize a dump, you can use the options on the IMS™ Connect Dump Formatting Menu to browse the dump data set, perform high-level or low-level IMS Connect formatting, or perform IMS Connect BPE formatting.

To initialize a dump:

  1. Open the IMS Connect Dump Formatting Menu panel, as shown in the following figure.
    Figure 1. IMS Connect Dump Formatting Menu panel
     ----------------------  IMS CONNECT DUMP FORMATTING MENU   ----------------------
 OPTION  ===>
 
    0  INIT     - Show BPE status and initialize dump
    1  BROWSE   - Browse dump data set (IPCS norm)         *******************
    2  HI-LEVEL - IMS Connect component level formatting   *USERID  - IMSDUMP
    3  LOW-LEVEL- IMS Connect level formatting             *DATE    - 00/08/23
                                                           *JULIAN  - 00.236
    4  EXT TRACE- BPE external trace formatting            *TIME    - 16:08
                                                           *PREFIX  - IMSDUMP
    X  EXIT     - Exit IMS dump formatting                 *TERMINAL- 3278
                                                           *PF KEYS - 24
                                                           *******************
 
 
 Enter  END or RETURN command to terminate IMS Connect formatting.
  2. Type 0 for Show BPE status and initialize dump, and press Enter. The IMS Connect Dump Initialization panel opens, as shown in the following figure, along with the message that the symbol HWSCSCD was not found.
    Figure 2. IMS Connect Dump Initialization panel
    --------------------  IMS CONNECT DUMP CONTENT STATUS AND CONTROL  -------------
COMMAND ===>
 SYMBOL HWSCSCD NOT FOUND
  Enter the IMS Connect jobname or ASID to cause the IMS
  Connect IPCS symbols to be set for this dump.  Press
  ENTER with blank jobname and ASID fields to list all
  IMS Connect address spaces in the dump.
 
 
                 JOBNAME        ASID        A.S. TYPE     DUMPED?
-----------------------------------------------------------------
  IMS Connect                                ???            NO
 
  
 
  SDWA Address:               BPE Release:  
  CSCD Address:               ??? Release:    
  ??? Sys Name:               ??? Product:
  3. Specify either the job name or the address space ID (ASID) of the IMS Connect address you want to format and press Enter. After you specify a job name or ASID, the remaining fields are completed in the initialization panel, as shown in the following figure.
    Figure 3. IMS Connect Dump Initialization panel after initialization
    --------------------  IMS CONNECT DUMP CONTENT STATUS AND CONTROL  -------------
COMMAND ===>
 
  Enter the IMS Connect jobname or ASID to cause the IMS
  Connect IPCS symbols to be set for this dump.  Press
  ENTER with blank jobname and ASID fields to list all
  IMS Connect address spaces in the dump.
 
 
                 JOBNAME        ASID        A.S. TYPE     DUMPED?
-----------------------------------------------------------------
  IMS Connect    HWS71R         0042          HWS          YES
 
  
 
  BP SDWA Address:   00000000        BPE Release:  010600
  BPE CSCD Address:  450015A0        HWS Release:  0A0100  
  HWS Sys Name:                      HWS Product:  5635-A01
  4. To obtain a list of all dumped IMS Connect address spaces, leave the job name and ASID fields blank.
  5. Press F3 to return to the IMS Connect Dump Formatting Menu.
Parent topic: IMS Connect Dump Formatter