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Status Not under consideration
Categories Runtime
Created by Guest
Created on May 22, 2017

Improve second failure data capture

Currently, when the IBM (and probably ISV) support centres
need to gather more documentation, they often go through
a typical list of things that they want set.
The customer then needs to implement those changes,
recreate the problem and then reset their changes
to their normal setting. This is time consuming and
error prone.

With improved second failure data capture, CICS would
provide one simple transaction which has two options:
first to set CICS to gather the typical diagnostic data;
second to re-set the environment to that which was
active previously.

Suggested typical things to set:
- SYSTEM SYSDUMP so that SDUMPs are created
- All level 1 trace entries active (in fact do whatever
it takes to ensure that trace entries are not suppressed.
- TRACEDEST AUXSTART
- CSFE CHKSTSK storage violation trapping

Idea priority Medium
  • Guest
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    May 18, 2021

    This requirement has been re-assessed. It is not likely that this will be implemented in the next 12-24 months and so it is being declined at this point. The requirement will be kept in the RFE system and might be reassessed in the future. You also have an opportunity to resubmit in twelve months time if you wish it to be reconsidered then.