Customizing SVC dump contents

You can customize the contents of an SVC dump to meet the needs of your installation. For example, you might want to add areas to be dumped, reduce the dump size, or dump Hiperspaces. In most cases, you will customize the contents of an SVC dump or summary dump through the SDATA parameter of the SDUMP or SDUMPX macro or through operator commands.

Reducing dump size: To obtain a smaller dump that does not have all the usual defaults, code a NODEFAULTS option in the SDATA parameter of the SDUMP or SDUMPX macro. With the NODEFAULTS option, the dump contains:

Certain default system areas needed by IPCS for dump analysis
Areas requested on the SDUMP or SDUMPX macro

Hiperspaces: SVC dumps do not include Hiperspaces. To include Hiperspace™ data in an SVC dump, you have to write a program to copy data from the Hiperspace into address space storage that is being dumped.

Adding areas: If the dump, as requested, will not contain all the needed areas, see one of the following for ways to add the areas: