SVCDUMP control statement

The SVCDUMP control statement specifies whether IMS™ Index Builder requests an SVC dump file after a system abend or a user abend.

The SVC dump file is required to analyze the inter-region communication between the master address space and subordinate address spaces.


            .-YES-.   
>>-SVCDUMP--+-NO--+--------------------------------------------><

SVCDUMP: Specifies that this is an SVCDUMP statement.
YES: IMS Index Builder requests an SVC dump file.
NO: IMS Index Builder does not request an SVC dump file.

If the SVCDUMP statement is not specified, YES is the default.

Tip: You can override the default value in the runtime parameters module. See the explanation of the IIURDFLT SVCDUMP entry in Defining runtime parameters.