II07428: REFERENCE APAR CONTAINING STANDARDIZED KEYWORD SYMPTOMS AND GUIDELINES USED WHEN OPENING OR FREE FORM SEARCHING APARS

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• Closed as canceled.

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  INTENT OF THIS APAR
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  The intent of this informational APAR is to document the
  accepted standards for common symptom keywords and some
  related guidelines.  When opening APARs or using free form
  searching for known problems these standards and guidelines
  should be followed.
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            CONSIDERATIONS REGARDING THIS APAR
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  1) Please note that the existence of this informational APAR
  does not guarantee that every APAR follows the standards
  documented below.  If you discover an APAR that does not
  follow the standards, please contact the support center to
  have the APAR corrected (or correct the APAR yourself when
  possible).
  2) This informational APAR may be added to or changed in the
  future.  If you have a suggestion for an addition or an
  improvement, please contact the support center to relay the
  suggestion to the informational APAR owner (or notify the
  owner directly when possible; L1/L2: the owner's node/userid can
  be found on the scratch pad).
  3) The initial scope of this APAR is limited to the
  following component areas (although some of the more general
  standards should be in wide spread use across the platform):
  BCP, LE, JES2, JES3, RACF, SMPE, TSO, and USS
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               STANDARDIZED KEYWORD LIST   ( STANDARD )
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  ABENDxxx     Any system abend except JES3; where xxx is the
               hexadecimal value of the abend code, always 3
               digits including leading zeroes
  ABENDDMxxx   JES3 abend; where xxx is the hexadecimal value
               of the abend code, always 3 digits including
               leading zeroes
  ABENDUxxxx   User abend; where xxxx is the user abend code
  AMODE31      Program running in AMODE 31 (31-bit mode)
  AMODE64      Program running in AMODE 64 (64-bit mode)
  ARnn         Access register; where nn is the decimal
               register number w/out leading zeroes
  CRnn         Control register; where nn is the decimal
               register number w/out leading zeroes
  D/Txxxx      Device type; where xxxx is the device number
  DATASET      Data set
  DEQ          Dequeue
  DESCCODEnn   WTO descriptor code; where nn is the decimal
               value of the code, 1-12, without leading zeroes
  ENQ          Enqueue
  ERRNO2n...n  Where n...n is the 4 byte hexadecimal value of
               the errno2
  ERRNOJRn...n Where n...n is the 4 byte hexadecimal value of
               the errnojr
  ERRNOnnn     Where nnn is the errno in decimal
  HANG         Always include this form of the word
  I/O          Input Output
  KEYn         PSW Key or Storage Key (in hex)
  KEYnn        PSW Key or Storage Key (in dec)
  LATCH#nn     Where nnn is decimal latch number w/out leading
               zeros (i.e. LATCH#2)
  LOOP         Always include this form of the word
  LPAR         Logical Partition (PR/SM)
  LU62         Logical Unit 6.2 protocol
  MIH          Missing interrupt handler
  MSGxxxx      Any message except JES2 messages; where xxxx is
               the complete message id of any length
  MSGHASPxxxx  JES2 messages; note that the '$' prefix has
               been removed and xxxx is the message id of any
               length
  OVERLAY      Storage overlay; always include this form of
               the word
  PAGEFIX      Page-Fix
  PICxx        Program Interrupt Code associated with
               ABEND0Cx; where xx is the interrupt code,
               always 2 digits with leading zeroes
  Rxxx         Release level; where xxx is the product release
               level
  RCnn         Return code; where nn is decimal or hexadecimal
               and at least two digits
  REGnn        General purpose register; where nn is the
               decimal register number w/out leading zeroes
  ROUTCODEnnn  WTO route code; where nnn is the decimal value
               of the code, 1-128, without leading zeroes
  RSNxxx       Reason code; where xxx is the hexadecimal
               reason code of any length
  SADMP        Stand-alone dump
  SIGxxxx      Where xxx is the name of the signal
               (i.e. SIGTERM)
  SIO          Start Input Output
  SMFTYPEnnn   SMF type records; where nnn is the decimal
               value of the record, 0-255, w/out leading
               zeroes
  SUBTYPEnnn   SMF subtype records; where nnn is the decimal
               value of subtype, 0-255, w/out leading zeroes.
               Also make sure the SMFTYPEnnn is included
  SPnnn        Subpool number; where nnn is the decimal value
               of subpool, 0-255, with no leading zeroes
  SVCnnn       Supervisor Call; where nnn is the decimal value
               of the SVC, 0-255, with no leading zeroes
  VOLSER       Volume serial
  WAIT         Always use this form of the word
  WAITxxx      System wait condition; where xxx is the hex
               value of the wait code, always 3 digits
               including leading zeroes
  Z/ARCHITECTURE   64-bit mode
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              OTHER SUGGESTED GUIDELINES
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  o Always concatenate a number to a word when it modifies
    that word (eg. SVC13, ABEND0C4)
  o Include related component id's in Informational APAR's
  o Use the word "missing" whenever messages do not appear as
    expected
  o Never abbreviate system commands
  o Refer to a product by its FMID, not release (eg. HBB4420)
  o '=' may be included in a search argument as long as there
    are no blanks on either side of the '=' (eg. DISP=MOD is
    a proper search argument)
  o Do not use hyphens in search arguments (eg. a publication
    number should be  specified as SC231234)
  

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• Search on  " II99999 " to locate this APAR
  

Problem summary

Problem conclusion

Temporary fix

Comments

•      Closing Information APAR.
       Additional symptoms:  RETAIN STANDARD SEARCH STRING TEXT
                             CRITERIA  DB2INFO
  

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