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Fault Analyzer for z/OS

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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...
over 10 years ago in Fault Analyzer for z/OS 3 Delivered

Modify the content and increase the size of CICS trace gathered by Fault Analyzer

When Fault Analyzer gathers trace entries for a CICS abending task a storage area is used to copy the trace entries in to. The size of this storage area and hence the number of trace entries copied is limited to 256K, moreover copied trace entries...
over 11 years ago in Fault Analyzer for z/OS 2 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...
over 5 years ago in Fault Analyzer for z/OS 1 Delivered

Exclude Program from Side File Search

We need a possibility to define a general list of excluded programs from Side File Search. Perhaps it can be realized in IDICNF00 as suboption to FAISPFopts (like HISTCOL).
almost 10 years ago in Fault Analyzer for z/OS 3 Delivered

FA - Better control of amount of storage collected into dump file

Sometimes during dump investigation we are missing relevant data in FA's dump data collection. We need more control over the amount and kind of data included in a dump data set. This enhanced control should be possible on installation wide basis a...
almost 10 years ago in Fault Analyzer for z/OS 1 Delivered

Fault Analyzer should always show Access Register contents

Fault Analyzer does not show the Access Register contents, even when the abend occurs in Access Register mode. Fault Analyzer should show the AR contents whenever it shows the GPR contents, because the customer has a need to know the AR contents e...
over 3 years ago in Fault Analyzer for z/OS 1 Delivered

Display data values of variables in procedure division screen

The program source screen (procedure division) is separated from variables and their data values in working storage and linkage section (storage areas).It would be better to join the source (procedure division) and the variables (with data value) ...
about 10 years ago in Fault Analyzer for z/OS 3 Delivered

Enhance display of module loaded in batch

FA lacks the ability to show __all__ modules loaded into a batch address space. Currently FA focusses at the call chain and the modules registered by LE at the abending enclave. The mini dump does not contain the relevant control blocks to identif...
over 10 years ago in Fault Analyzer for z/OS 2 Delivered

IBM Codepage for Fault Analyzer ISPF recommended ;-(

As German user we use a german codepage in ISPF. So we cannot see some characters in Fault Analyzer panels i.e. { or }, they are displayed as ä and ü. It would be better to design the panels with international characters like ( or ).
over 10 years ago in Fault Analyzer for z/OS 4 Delivered

Block Indefinite Locks for FA Entries

Customer wants to know if Fault Analyzer can be setup to make the lock field numeric only which will allow the FA entries to be locked up to a maximum of 99 days and no indefinite locks. Can such an enhancement be made available?
over 3 years ago in Fault Analyzer for z/OS 1 Delivered

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