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Making IPCS specifications

If you want to be able to execute IPCS commands from within the Abend-AID Viewer, include in your viewing server JCL the DD statements described below.

PARMLIB Session Parameter Member

The Abend-AID Viewer starts IPCS in the viewing server address space. By default, it uses SYS1.PARMLIB(IPCSPR00) as the IPCS session parameter member. Abend-AID also reads the BLSCECT, BLSCECTX, and all included members from SYS1.PARMLIB.

If you want the Abend-AID Viewer to access a session parameter member other than IPCSPR00, specify the suffix of the member on the IPCSPR_SUFFIX=00 viewing server configuration parameter.

To use a session parameter member from a library other than SYS1.PARMLIB, include an //IPCSPARM DD statement in the viewing server JCL pointing to the library you choose, as follows:

//IPCSPARM DD DISP=SHR,DSN=your.session.parm.dsn

//IPCSDDIR DD Statement

Ensure that the //IPCSDDIR DD statement points to the IPCS directory that you allocated by executing installation sample hlq.CTL member $63IPCS.

//SYSTSIN DD Statement

Ensure that the //SYSTSIN DD statement points to the Abend-AID Viewer target sample library (SKAZSAMP) member MSDSENDC, as follows:

//SYSTSIN  DD DISP=SHR,DSN=compware.kaz170.SKAZSAMP(MSDSENDC)

//SYSPROC DD Statement

Ensure that the //SYSPROC DD statement points to the Abend-AID Viewer target sample library (SKAZSAMP). You can concatenate other libraries to the SYSPROC statement if you want to execute IPCS CLISTs in those libraries from within the Abend-AID.

//SYSTSPRT DD Statement

Ensure that the //SYSTSPRT DD statement is assigned to an appropriate JES output class with the following DCB parameters:

//SYSTSPRT DD SYSOUT=*,DCB=(RECFM=VBA,LRECL=0,BLKSIZE=140)

//MFDDPxxx DD Statements

Valid for Abend-AID for CICS only. The sample viewing server JCL also contains one to four DD statements (MFDDPxxx) that point to the CICS load libraries that contain the DFHPDX (or DFHPDxxx) modules that you included in the configuration and customization dialog, where xxx refers to the CICS release. When an Abend-AID Viewer user executes the IPCS CICS VERBEXIT (DFHPDX), Abend-AID loads the DFHPDX load module appropriate to the CICS release of the dump from the corresponding CICS load library.

Note:   If you are not supporting IPCS access from the Abend-AID Viewer, you can delete or comment out the following DD statements from the viewing server JCL:

//IPCSDDIR
//SYSTSIN
//SYSPROC
//SYSTSPRT
//MFDDPxxx



 

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