First Failure Support Technology (FFST)

First Failure Support Technology ( FFST) for IBM® WebSphere® MQ provides information that can help IBM support personnel to diagnose a problem when a serious error occurs.

First Failure Data Capture (FFDC) provides an automated snapshot of the system environment when an unexpected internal error occurs. This snapshot is used by IBM support personnel to provide a better understanding of the state of the system and IBM WebSphere MQ when the problem occurred.

An FFST file is a file containing information for use in detecting and diagnosing software problems. In IBM WebSphere MQ, FFST files have a file type of FDC.