introducing ibm fault analyzer
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INTRODUCING IBM Fault Analyzer. Steve Menard [email protected]. 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. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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
[email protected] Regional Data Centerwww.nwrdc.fsu.edu (850) 245 3500