 Fault reanalysis
For much of the time, your Fault Analyzer for z/OS® analysis reports will be adequate, and you will not need any further fault information for successful problem determination. However, if you do want to extract more information about an abend, you can ask for a reanalysis of the fault, using the Interactive System Productivity Facility (ISPF) interface to initiate batch or interactive reanalysis.
The reanalysis process is essentially identical to the real-time analysis process, except that File Analyzer for z/OS: - Obtains the required information from the saved minidump (or SYSMDUMP or both) instead of the virtual sturage of the program that is failing.
- Does not update the history file.
- Does not write a summary to the SYSLOG.
If a SYSMDUMP data set is available, then the fault history entry holds the dump data set name in case you need it during reanalysis or during the display of storage locations that are not included in the minidump. If the dump data set is not available, then you can still perform reanalysis with the minidump. For the reanalysis, you can make a listing (or a side file) available, if one was not available when the real-time analysis was performed. Fault Analyzer for z/OS can now provide the source statement information relevant to the abend. You can perform fault reanalysis in two different ways: batch or interactive, which is the only way to analyze a CICS system abend. Batch reanalysis You can initiate a batch reanalysis with the Fault Analyzer for z/OS ISPF interface or you can use your own JCL. The format of the batch reanalysis report is the same as the real-time analysis report. Fault Analyzer for z/OS writes it as a sequential file to a DD statement in the reanalysis job but does not save it in the fault history file. Interactive reanalysis You initiate interactive reanalysis with the ISPF interface. Unlike the real-time analysis report and the batch reanalysis report, both of which are written as sequential files, the interactive analysis report is presented as a series of panels so that you can choose the sections that interest you.  Back to Features and Benefits
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