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star_dhruv2000
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Hi all,
I would to like to understand the concept of ABEND repository.
Where is ABEND information stored on IBM?
What is source of truth for ABEND AID or any such tool?
Any insight is highly appreciated.
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dick scherrer
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Hello,
Abends are dealt with at the time of the abend. Information is gathered, formatted, and reported from the actual memory in use at the time of the abend.
The basic source of abend information is a "core dump". Many people simply navigate the dump. Tools like AbendAid analyse the dump and format the abend info to make things easier on the programmer or other trouble-shooter.
Unless an organization has provided for this, there is no "abend repository" that contains all of the memory from all abends. When an abend does occur, there is also some info placed in SMF. This describes the abend, but is not enough for in depth diagnostics. |
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star_dhruv2000
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| Is there a repository for ABEND AID. Where it stores information. |
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Robert Sample
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| ABEND AID uses a shared directory and report database to retain abend information. There can be multiple shared directories, depending upon the site. And the name depends upon the site as it is customized during installation. So the best source of data will be your site support group. Up to about release 10.1 or 11, Compuware View Facility was used to review abends but I don't recall what replaced it -- check the installation manual for more information. |
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star_dhruv2000
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I have tracked few VSAM been used to store ABEND AID information. Wonder if anyone has COPYBOOK/Layout for these files.
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Robert Sample
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| You would need to contact Compuware since they sell and support ABEND AID. I suspect, however, that the actual file layout is confidential to Compuware and not available outside the company. |
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dick scherrer
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Hello,
What reason is there to use something other than what is delivered with the product?
People have been known to write their own additional tools using the formatted output as input. . . |
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star_dhruv2000
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Hello,
I was developing a tool which has capability to report deadlocks encountered for a given day. On the course of it, I discovered that DB2 MSTR log do not contain contending program details.
My next step was to discover a way to extract abend information either from ABEND AID or any other repository (if available).
I discovered that CICS also maintains log, like DB2 MSTR, in JESMSGLG. It briefly notify occurrence of an abend.e.g:
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| 17.22.15 S0110369 +DFHXAB001I ABEND OCCURRED: TXN=ABCD PGM=CICSPAT COODE=ASRA TERM=N/A |
+DFHXAB001I - I signify this as a ABEND TAG
Hope this could help others, if required 
Thank you for all your help !!!
Cheers !!! |
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