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Fault Analyzer for z/OS

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    FA to warn on source mismatch if NOLIST option was on

    FA usually does a check if a compiler listing matches the module in storage or not. This is done by comparing the last few instructions in te listing with the last instructions in the loaded module. But FA can't do this check for COBOL if the NOLI...
    about 13 years ago in Fault Analyzer for z/OS 3 Delivered

    Eclipse - the FA plug-in to to have variables with invalid values highlighted in the File/Linkage/Working-Storage section displays.

    In Eclipse UI, there should be option to highlight the invalid values in the File/Linkage/Working-Storage section displays. This will help user to be able to focus on what should be investigate. Now it's only plain text and hard to find where shou...
    over 3 years ago in Fault Analyzer for z/OS 0 Delivered

    Do a Logical Or on the target of an Execute instruction

    When analysis uses the in-storage copy of the Execute target, it usually only displays the first byte of the operand and sometimes displays the wrong operand entirely. When the Ex target is an SS instruction then the length can only be determined ...
    over 1 year ago in Fault Analyzer for z/OS 1 Delivered

    FA plugin must automatically add default hsitory files to a system

    When a user adds a system entry to the Fault Analyser Objects View he needs to add the default history file dataset manually.This is a problem for users who do not know the default history files on all the systems. FA Plugin should provide a metho...
    almost 13 years ago in Fault Analyzer for z/OS 4 Delivered

    FA: Display register's full content: all 64 bits

    Modern Compilers (e.g. Enterprise Cobol V5.2) and modern assembler programs are using the full width of GPRs to do 64-bit interger arithmethic or by taking advantage of the high-word facility.After an abend, only the right half (low-word) of the r...
    over 10 years ago in Fault Analyzer for z/OS 4 Delivered

    FA - Add BEAR display for CICS Transaction Dump Analysis

    CICS transaction abend analysis do not show the BEAR (Breaking Event Address Register). The BEAR is available in many of the CICS (i.e. DFHTACB, KERRD) and z/OS (SDWA, ESPIE, RTM) diagnostic control blocks. I am told that the BEAR is displayed for...
    about 7 years ago in Fault Analyzer for z/OS 3 Delivered

    FA Eclipse: Show active filters in Fault Entry List

    Hello IBM, please add a header-item in the Fault Entry List, which shows, which filters are active (and maybe to disable/enable them). An idea, how this could be done very intuitive, can be seen in IBM's CICS Explorer.
    almost 4 years ago in Fault Analyzer for z/OS 0 Delivered

    Adding a timeframe filter including duplicates

    It would be very useful to be able to give a timeframe (date&time "from" and "to") and get a list of all the faults that happened during that time.Currently one has to take into account fault duplicates which might "hide" inside entries that w...
    over 8 years ago in Fault Analyzer for z/OS 2 Delivered

    FA - Add BEAR display for Batch Dump Analysis

    Batch abend analysis in FA does not show the BEAR (Breaking Event Address Register) in Batch-Dumps. The BEAR is available in many z/OS (SDWA, ESPIE, RTM) diagnostic control blocks. Currently BEAR is only shown in FA with CICS transaction dumps. Bu...
    over 6 years ago in Fault Analyzer for z/OS 1 Delivered

    64-bit support for DSECT command

    Data areas above the bar are occuring frequently in CICS when using EXEC CICS LINK PROGRAM() CHANNEL() and are shown as such (Channel Containers) in FA when analyzing a dump.Currently FA's DSECT command does not allow 64-bit addresses. DSECT comma...
    almost 11 years ago in Fault Analyzer for z/OS 2 Delivered

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