Default contents of ABEND dumps

The contents of the three ABEND dumps are detailed in the following two tables. Table 1 shows dump contents alphabetically by the parameters that specify the areas in the dumps. To select a dump, decide what areas will be used to diagnose potential errors. Find the areas in the tables. The symbols in columns under the dump indicate how the area can be obtained in that dump. The symbols are:

D: IBM-supplied default contents
M: Available on the macro that requests the dump
P: Available in the parmlib member that controls the dump options
X: Available on the CHNGDUMP operator command that changes the options for the dump type

Table 1. Summary: dump contents by parameter
Parameter	Dump Contents	ABEND Dump to SYSUDUMP	ABEND Dump to SYSABEND	ABEND Dump to SYSMDUMP
ALL	All the dump options available in a SYSMDUMP dump, except the NOSYM and ALLNUC options			X
ALLNUC	The DAT-on and DAT-off nucleuses			P X
ALLPA	All link pack areas, as follows: Job pack area (JPA) Link pack area (LPA) active for the task being dumped Related Supervisor Call (SVC) modules	M P X	D M P X	M
ALLPDATA	All the program data areas	P X	P X
ALLSDATA	All the system data areas	P X	P X	P
ALLVNUC	The entire virtual control program nucleus, including: Prefixed save area (PSA) System queue area (SQA) Local system queue area (LSQA)	M P X	M P X	M
CB	Control blocks for the task being dumped	M P X	D M P X	M
CSA	Common service area (CSA) (that is, subpools 227, 228, 231, 241)			P X
DM	Data management control blocks for the task being dumped: Data control block (DCB) Data extent block (DEB) Input/output block (IOB)	M P X	D M P X	M
ENQ	Global resource serialization control blocks for the task being dumped: Global queue control blocks Local queue control blocks	P X	D P X
ERR	Recovery termination manager (RTM) control blocks for the task being dumped: Extended error descriptor (EED) for RTM Registers from the system diagnostic work area (SDWA) RTM2 work area (RTM2WA) Set task asynchronous exit (STAE) control block (SCB)	M P X	D M P X	M
GRSQ	Global resource serialization control blocks for the task being dumped: Global queue control blocks Local queue control blocks			P X
IO	Input/output supervisor (IOS) control blocks for the task being dumped: Execute channel program debug area (EXCPD) Unit control block (UCB)	M P X	D M P X	M
JPA	Job pack area (JPA): module names and contents	M P X	M P X	M
LPA	Active link pack area (LPA): module names and contents	M P X	M P X	M P X
LSQA	Local system queue area (LSQA) allocated for the address space (that is, subpools 203 - 205, 213 - 215, 223 - 225, 229, 230, 233 - 235, 249, 253 - 255)	M P X	D M P X	D M P X
NOSYM	No symptom dump (message IEA995I)	P X	P X	P X
NUC	Read/write portion of the control program nucleus (that is, only non-page-protected areas of the DAT-on nucleus), including: Communication vector table (CVT) Local system queue area (LSQA) Prefixed save area (PSA) System queue area (SQA)	M P X	M P X	D M P X
PCDATA	Program call information for the task	M P X	M P X	M
PSW	Program status word (PSW) when the dump was requested	M P X	D M P X	M P X
Q	Global resource serialization control blocks for the task being dumped: Global queue control blocks Local queue control blocks	M	M	M
REGS	Registers at entry to ABEND, that is, when the dump was requested: Access registers Floating-point registers General registers Vector registers, vector status register, and vector mask register for a task that uses the Vector Facility	M P X	D M P X	M
RGN	Allocated pages in the private area of each address space being dumped, including subpools 0 - 127, 129 - 132, 203 - 205, 213 - 215, 223 - 225, 229, 230, 236, 237, 244, 249, 251 - 255			D P X
SA or SAH	Save area linkage information, program call linkage information, and backward trace of save areas	M P X	D M P X	M
SPLS	Storage allocated in user subpools 0 - 127, 129 - 132, 244, 251, and 252 for the task being dumped Note that SUBPLST in the macro parameter list for a SYSABEND or SYSUDUMP dump overrides SPLS in the dump options list, but only for the dump being requested.	M P X	D M P X	M
SQA	System queue area (SQA) allocated (that is, subpools 226, 239, 245, 247, 248) The control blocks for the failing task in the SQA include: Address space control block (ASCB) Job scheduler address space control block (JSAB)	M P X	M P X	D M P X
SUBTASKS	Storage for the task being dumped and program data for all of its subtasks	M P X	M P X	D M
SUM	Summary dump, see Default contents of summary dumps in ABEND dumps	D M P X	D M P X	D M P X
SWA	Scheduler work area (SWA); that is, subpools 236 and 237	M P X	M P X	D M P X
TRT	System trace and generalized trace facility (GTF) trace, as available	M P X	D M P X
	System trace, as available			D M P X