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Manually importing dumps

The Abend-AID Viewer can process any standard system dump — SVC dump (console, SDUMP, SLIP), or SYSMDUMP. With a default Abend-AID Viewer installation, all SVC dumps must be manually imported into the Abend-AID Viewer, using the product’s SVC Dump Import function. If manual SVC dump import is all that you require, you do not need to install the MVS post-dump exit. The Abend-AID Viewer also supports a console MODIFY command to the viewing server address space to import dumps. You can use the MODIFY command in conjunction with automatic operations software you may have installed at your site, as described in Using-Automated-Operations-Facilities.

Note

You cannot import SYS1.DUMPxx data sets directly into the Abend-AID Viewer because the Abend-AID Viewer requires the dump data set to be available on DASD while you are viewing it, and SYS1.DUMPxx data sets are likely to be cleared and reused very quickly. Instead, copy the SYS1.DUMPxx data set to another data set, and import the copy.

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