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Fault Analyzer for z/OS

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Allow multiple Filter Criteria per Column in FA IDz Plug-In

We have a request to allow filtering in FA IDz Plug-in on multiple criteria per Column. For example a Developer is responsible for multiple Applications and would like to see only those and not all available entries. Instead of changing and applyi...
almost 2 years ago in Fault Analyzer for z/OS 0 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...
over 9 years ago in Fault Analyzer for z/OS 2 Delivered

Fault Analyser - Cobol 6.1 Dwarf + Side File

For Cobol v6.1 programs, when not in debug mode, we use compile options NOTEST(DWARF),NOSTGOPT,OPTIMIZE(2) and this allows FA to give only the line no of a failing statement. We would like FA to give us the actual failing source statement plus var...
almost 4 years ago in Fault Analyzer for z/OS 1 Delivered

Verification method for XDUMP set up

Fault Analyzer provides a method to verify the recovery fault recordig setup: adding an IDIRFRON DD to any job, such as the IDIVPCOB IVP job. What we don't have is a method for verifying the Extended Minidump (XDUMP) set up. Without this, it is di...
almost 2 years ago in Fault Analyzer for z/OS 0 Delivered

Change existing VSAM open behavior

An abend during processing invokes a VSAM open of IDISVENU dataset. This VSAM OPEN causes memory fragmentation as the page is not freed after abend processing. This eventually results in a S106 abend when unable to locate a large enough contiguous...
over 10 years ago in Fault Analyzer for z/OS 2 Delivered

Info needed who locked a Fault Entry

Fault entries can be locked to prevent deletion. The user name field on that panel is an optional field which is to be filled manually. This is insufficient in many cases-A read only field showing the userid who last set the lock flag is required.
over 10 years ago in Fault Analyzer for z/OS 2 Delivered

Report location of the abending load module

Improvement is required to report location of the abending load module even in RFR situation. Rather than keeping the fault entry incomplete, complete the information by gathering the information from system dump.
over 6 years ago in Fault Analyzer for z/OS 1 Delivered

Format CICS Monitoring Data

In CICS region dumps the data from the monitoring domain is easily locatable with Fault Analyzer via "Monitoring Transaction Summary" and there address of TMA. But currently FA only displays DFHMNTDS unformated as normal storage display.FA should ...
about 9 years ago in Fault Analyzer for z/OS 3 Delivered

Enhance Storage Display in Interactive Mode 3270

In interactive mode with ISPF the display of storage should be enhanced: 1. Better structuring of storage display: FA should take into account the boundary of the storage segments and should restrict scrolling to the segment, where the currently d...
almost 10 years ago in Fault Analyzer for z/OS 3 Delivered

On return from IDISNAP give FAULT ID

Add the ability to return the fault id and possibly the fault file name from a call to IDISNAP. As discussed with Adrian Simcock via email (see below) on 2/21/2019. Hi Pat, everyone There is no direct way to get the FAULTID passed back to the call...
about 5 years ago in Fault Analyzer for z/OS 1 Delivered

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