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Fault Analyzer for z/OS

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Fault Entries in History Dataset should be compressed

To save DASD space in environments with big regions Fault Analyzer should have an option to save and handle Fault Entries in compressed format (TRSMAIN).
about 11 years ago in Fault Analyzer for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

BIDI support

There is no BIDI hebrew support for this product.
over 7 years ago in Fault Analyzer for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Fault Analyzer Should Accept Assembler Side Files not in ADATA format

Fault Analyzer currently cannot accept listings for Assembler programs were compiled in Endevor using ‘NOADATA' option. We have over 6000 programs compiled this way that can be accepted into other Fault Analysis tools.
over 7 years ago in Fault Analyzer for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

Better Support of WMQ-Applications

Currently Fault Analyzer does not properly recognize that an abending Batch-Job or CICS transaction is connected to Websphere MQ. In these cases FA does not show any information related to MQ and last MQ-API calls.This flaw seems to arise when the...
about 4 years ago in Fault Analyzer for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Allow IPCS VERBX commands in SDUMP reviews

With some of the other fault analysis tools, system dumps can be futher reviewed using the same VERBX commands as can be done in IPCS. This allows for deeper manual investigation of a system dump
about 9 years ago in Fault Analyzer for z/OS 7 Not under consideration

Fault Analyzer Notification Exit

In lieu of the REXX exits for notifications, provide a panel in the product to allow changes to be more easily implemented.
about 9 years ago in Fault Analyzer for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

Invoking File Manager from Fault Analyzer to get the initial positioning on a file that caused the abend

wehn we analyze an abend using Fault Analyzer,We need to let the user know the following things when there is an abend.1. DD Name of the dataset which is causing the abend(in case of S0C7,S0C4...etc). 2. Take me to the record in the input file tha...
over 9 years ago in Fault Analyzer for z/OS 3 Not under consideration

FA IDIHUSRM support wildcards in PROGDESC

Fault Analyser member IDIHUSRM should support wildcards for PROGDESC to that a mask can be used. Currently we have to add each program to IDIHUSRM with a unique PROGDESC. We want to be able to match on a wildcard to reduce the number of entries. e...
about 7 years ago in Fault Analyzer for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

C compile listing Should be Recognized by Fault Analyzer

C compile listings stored in BNS Endevor libraries (generated by BNS Endevor C program processor) are not recognized by Fault analyzer as acceptable listing file.
about 7 years ago in Fault Analyzer for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

Provide JESJCL in Fault Analyzer Viewer

AA has JESJCL imbedded in the viewer, did not find this in FA
about 7 years ago in Fault Analyzer for z/OS 0 Not under consideration