Using a SLIP command to suppress dumps

Some dumps are almost never needed. For example, some abend codes tell the diagnostician enough to solve the problem. For these codes, place SLIP operator commands in an IEASLPxx parmlib member to suppress the unneeded dumps. The IBM-supplied IEASLP00 member contains the SLIP commands to suppress abend dumps that are seldom needed.

Using SLIP to suppress dumps also suppresses message IEA995I, which contains symptom dump information. The system may document the abend in a LOGREC error record.

To suppress dumps for an abend code, specify a SLIP operator command with one of the following ACTION parameters. Place all the SLIP commands in an IEASLPxx parmlib member and activate the IEASLPxx member with the following command in a COMMNDxx or IEACMDxx member that is always used:

CMD='SET SLIP=xx'

SLIP Parameter: Dumps Suppressed
ACTION=NODUMP: All dumps
ACTION=NOSVCD: SVC dumps
ACTION=NOSYSA: ABEND SYSABEND dumps
ACTION=NOSYSM: ABEND SYSMDUMP dumps
ACTION=NOSYSU: ABEND SYSUDUMP dumps

For example, to suppress SVC dumps and ABEND SYSMDUMP dumps for abend code X'B37', add the following to IEASLPxx:

SLIP SET,COMP=B37,ACTION=(NOSVCD,NOSYSM),END

For more information about the following topics, see the following references:

See z/OS MVS Initialization and Tuning Reference for the IEASLPxx member.
See z/OS MVS System Commands for the SLIP operator command.