introducing ibm fault analyzer

INTRODUCING IBM Fault Analyzer

Steve Menardsteve_menard@nwrdc.fsu.edu

Command Line: TSO IBMFA

At first use only, put cursor on FILE and hit Enter

Drop Down Menu

Type “4” to List Views – hit Enter

Another Drop Down

Select your Institution

This is what you will see as the first screen

Let’s choose Interactive Reanalysis

The Interactive Reanalysis Menu

Choose 1 to view the Synopsis Screen

What you need to understand this ABEND

Let’s see the CICS Information

The CICS Menu – let’s see the 3270 image

A Little Ugly, but……………….

Now let’s see the DB2 Information

First Page

Second Page

Let’s Look at Storage Areas

Choose option 1

One of many pages of working storage content

Choose to see the saved report

Ignore this error message

Fault Analyzer can still help with ABEND analysis even if a date and time stamped SIF is not available.

The information is just a lot more cryptic. A compile listing is still required to

determine which source statement caused the abend

Now we see to FA synopsis screens, one with a current SIF and one without.

If We Lack a Source Information File

When We have COBOL SIF available

And one without a current SIF

Steve Menard CICS Systems Programmer COBOL and Assembler Application

Programmer Mainframe Web Enablement Enthusiast Over 40 years in the DP (IS…IT...??) trenches

steve_menard@nwrdc.fsu.eduNorthWest Regional Data Centerwww.nwrdc.fsu.edu (850) 245 3500