SMP/E storage and work areas can be dumped whenever specific SMP/E messages are issued. To obtain this dump, use the DEBUG DUMPMSG and DEBUG DUMPOFF DUMPMSG commands with the command where the problem is occurring. For the dump output, you must define the SMPSNAP data set with either a DD statement or a DDDEF entry.

• To request a dump of SMP/E storage and work areas, enter:
  DEBUG DUMPMSG(msg-id)[,(msg-id)…]

  msg-id

  is the first 8 characters of an SMP/E message ID (such as GIM62801). You must specify at least one message ID.

• To stop these dumps, enter:
  DEBUG DUMPOFF DUMPMSG.

  DUMPOFF DUMPMSG

  stops dumps for all messages that were specified on a previous DEBUG DUMPMSG command. You cannot stop dumps for a particular message ID.

  Note: DEBUG DUMPOFF without the DUMPMSG operand stops all DEBUG dumps, including those requested with DEBUG DUMPMSG and those requested with DEBUG DUMPON and DEBUG DUMPRPL, which are also described in this topic. Use this command only if you want to stop all DEBUG dumping.