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OS/390 MVS IPCS User's Guid

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Printing Dump Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95<br />

Writing <strong>IPCS</strong> REXX EXECs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96<br />

ADDRESS <strong>IPCS</strong> Instruction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96<br />

Putting the Pieces Together . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102<br />

Debugging <strong>IPCS</strong> REXX EXECs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102<br />

Techniques for Analyzing Dumps Using <strong>IPCS</strong> REXX EXECs. . . . . . . . 103<br />

Adding Hexadecimal Dump Addresses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103<br />

Following a Pointer Chain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103<br />

Formatting a Control Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104<br />

Customizing Control Block Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105<br />

Translating Dump Characters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106<br />

Writing <strong>IPCS</strong> CLISTs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107<br />

Controlling Output from REXX EXECs and CLISTs . . . . . . . . . . . 108<br />

FLAG Parameter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108<br />

N<strong>OS</strong>UMMARY Parameter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108<br />

Controlling Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109<br />

Chapter 7. Using <strong>IPCS</strong> in Line Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111<br />

Specifying Parameters on the <strong>IPCS</strong> Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111<br />

Setting Defaults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112<br />

Invoking ISPF under <strong>IPCS</strong> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112<br />

Starting the <strong>IPCS</strong> Dialog from <strong>IPCS</strong> Line Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . 112<br />

Chapter 8. Using <strong>IPCS</strong> in Batch Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115<br />

Running CLISTs and REXX Execs in Batch Mode . . . . . . . . . . . 115<br />

Running <strong>IPCS</strong> Subcommands in Batch Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116<br />

Copying and Clearing Dumps in Batch Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117<br />

Combining and Processing Traces in Batch Mode . . . . . . . . . . . 118<br />

Chapter 9. Printing <strong>IPCS</strong> Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119<br />

Print and Table of Contents Data Sets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119<br />

Allocating the Print and Table of Contents Data Sets . . . . . . . . . 119<br />

Opening and Closing the Print and Table of Contents Data Sets . . . . . 120<br />

Controlling the Print Font. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121<br />

Setting Print Data Set Report Defaults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122<br />

Parameters on the PROFILE Subcommand . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122<br />

Part 3. Appendixes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125<br />

Appendix A. Scenario to Obtain Spin Loop Diagnostic Information . . . 127<br />

Appendix B. Examples of JCL to Print, Copy, and Clear a Dump Data Set 129<br />

Sample of JCL for Printing Dumps Using <strong>IPCS</strong> . . . . . . . . . . . . 129<br />

Example of JCL to Print, Copy, and Clear a Dump Data Set . . . . . . . . 129<br />

Example of a Procedure to Print, Copy, and Clear a Dump Data Set. . . . . 130<br />

Appendix C. Managing Problems and Data Sets . . . . . . . . . . . 135<br />

Managing Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135<br />

Allocating a Problem Directory. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136<br />

Problem Attributes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137<br />

Adding and Deleting Problems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138<br />

Modifying and Listing Problem Attributes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139<br />

Managing Data Sets Associated with Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . 140<br />

Allocating a Data Set Directory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141<br />

Attributes of Data Sets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142<br />

Data Set Attribute Conflicts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143<br />

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