Determining how ISMF processes abends and generates dumps

ISMF initially supplies the values in your profile that determine the way ISMF runs during each session. The information stored in your profile controls the logging of trace and error data, the way ISMF recovers from abends, and the way background jobs are processed.

You can invoke the profile by choosing option 0, ISMF profile, on the ISMF primary option menu or by entering the PROFILE command on the command line of any ISMF panel (except the ISMF profile option menu, an abend panel, or the ISMF ERTB display panel). If you select the profile option on the primary option menu, or enter the PROFILE command, ISMF displays the ISMF profile option menu, as shown in Figure 1. From the profile option menu you can view your profile parameters for logging and error recovery. You can also display the ISMF job statements or the execute statements that ISMF uses to submit background jobs.

Figure 1. ISMF—Profile Option Menu

   Panel  Help
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 DGTSPPF1                   ISMF PROFILE OPTION MENU
 Enter Selection or Command ===>

 Select one of the following options and Press Enter:

   0  User Mode Selection
   1  Logging and Abend Control
   2  ISMF Job Statement
   3  DFSMSdss Execute Statement
   4  ICKDSF Execute Statement
   5  Data Set Print Execute Statement
   6  IDCAMS Execute Statement
   X  Exit








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