Obtaining a dump from Monitor II or Monitor III

If an error occurs in the Monitor II or Monitor III reporter session, RMF™ prompts you whether you want to write a dump. Follow the steps of the diagnostic procedure to obtain a dump:

1. Enter into the command line:

   TSO FREE FI(SYSUDUMP SYSABEND)

   You can ignore messages, for example: IKJ56247I FILE xxxxxxxx NOT FREED, IS NOT ALLOCATED

2. Enter into the command line:

   TSO ALLOC FI(SYSMDUMP) DA(dsname) NEW SP(200 200) CYL REUSE REL

   If the command does not fit into the command line, start the split-screen mode to enter the command.

3. Answer Y in the dump request panel:

    Would you like a dump? Enter Y or N. ===> Y

4. The system now writes an unformatted dump to the data set just allocated. This may take some time. When it is finished, the system issues message:

   IEA993I SYSMDUMP TAKEN TO dsname 

5. You can now process the dump with IPCS.