Using the panel interface

You can access the VTAM® dump analysis tools by using the panel interface. These steps provide the minimum information that you need to use the panel interface.

Before you begin

You need to set the IPCS default dump to the data set name of the dump to be analyzed. You also need to set the IPCS options to direct the output either to print, or to the terminal, or both. See z/OS MVS IPCS User's Guide for more information.

Procedure

Perform the following steps to access VTAM formatted dump using the panel interface:

Log on to TSO
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Access IPCS
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Select option 7 from the option list.

------------IPCS PRIMARY OPTION MENU----------------
OPTION  ===> _
 
 
0  DEFAULTS  - Specify default dump and options
1  BROWSE    - Browse dump data set
2  ANALYSIS  - Analyze dump contents
3  SUBMIT    - Submit problem analysis job to batch
4  COMMAND   - Enter IPCS subcommand or CLIST
5  UTILITY   - Perform utility functions
6  DUMPS     - Manage dump inventory
7  VTAM      - VTAM dump analysis
T  TUTORIAL  - Learn how to use the IPCS dialog
X  EXIT      - Terminate using log and list defaults
 
 
 
Enter END command to terminate IPCS dialog

If you want a customized interface to be active to select VTAM, see z/OS Communications Server: New Function Summary for information on how to customize IPCS panel BLSPPRIM.

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Select an option from the VTAMMAP Analysis Menu.

  ISTD0001                  VTAMMAP Analysis Menu
 
  Select one of the following items.  Then press Enter.
 
  __  1.  APPC . . - APPLCONV, PARTNRLU, APPLMODE, APPMODAL
      2.  APPN . . - APPNBASE, FNDADJCP, FNDANDCB, FNDCOS, FNDDECB, etc
      3.  General. - HOST, VTAM, VTBASIC, VTFNDMOD, VTMODS, VITAL, etc
      4.  Queues . - PABSCAN, VTCVTPAB, VTREADYQ
      5.  Resource - RDTCHECK, RDTFULL, RDTHIER, RDTSUM, VTNODE
      6.  Session. - ATMDATA, FINDDSIB, FINDSIB, MNPS, SES, SIBCHECK
      7.  Search . - SRTFIND
      8.  Storage. - SPANC, STORAGE, VTBUF, VTRPH
      9.  CSM . . .- CSMALL, CSMBUF, CSMCMPID, CSMOWNER, CSMPOOL
      10. Waits. . - VTWRE
      11. ERs/VRs. - ROUTES, VTVRBLK
      12. CLISTs. .- ISTVABND, ISTVDUMP, ISTVMAP, ISTVSAVE, ISTVSLIP
      13. APPN2. . - TRSTRACE
 
 
 
 
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 Command ===> ___________________________________________________________
  F1=Help    F2=Split   F3=Exit    F9=Swap   F12=Cancel

Follow the screen prompts to process your dump.

Results

You know that you are done when a function is selected and the function executes. The output will go to the destination set in IPCS.