IEAABD00 (ABDUMP written to a SYSABEND data set)

IEAABD00 contains IBM® defaults and/or installation assigned parameters for ABDUMP, for use when an ABEND dump is written to a SYSABEND data set.

You may specify ABDUMP parameters for a dump to be taken to a SYSABEND data set as follows:

• The dump request parameter list pointed to by the DUMPOPT keyword of the ABEND macro. (An ABEND dump can also be requested through the CALLRTM or SETRP macros. See z/OS MVS Programming: Authorized Assembler Services Reference ALE-DYN or z/OS MVS Programming: Authorized Assembler Services Reference SET-WTO.) You can use the list form of the SNAP macro to build the list. (For details regarding the ABEND and SNAP macros, see z/OS MVS Programming: Assembler Services Reference ABE-HSP.)
• The initial system dump options specified in IEAABD00. These options are added to the options on the dump request parameter list.
• The system dump options as altered by the CHNGDUMP command. With the CHNGDUMP command, options can be added to or deleted from the system dump options list. The CHNGDUMP command can also cause the dump request parameters to be ignored. (For a description of the CHNGDUMP command, refer to z/OS MVS System Commands.)

The ABDUMP initialization routine reads IEAABD00 to get ABDUMP parameters. If during initialization, IEAABD00 is invalid or cannot be located, the operator is notified. No prompting occurs. If both valid and invalid options are included in the member, or a syntax error is encountered, a message lists the valid options that were accepted before the error occurred.