There are lots of symbols for SVC Dump dataset names. One you might one to consider is
&JOBNAME Might help your Automation to focus the assignment easier. Lizette > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On Behalf Of > Jim Ruddy > Sent: Friday, October 25, 2019 8:33 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: SVC dump data set layout > > See if IHAPRD has the the information you are looking for. > > Jim > > On Fri, Oct 25, 2019 at 7:31 AM Steve Horein <steve.hor...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hi! > > We have a nightly automated process to search the catalog for any SVC > > dumps that may not have been processed during the course of the day. > > Typically, IEA611I is the catalyst to start the post-dump processing, > > such as creating an event in the Incident/Problem/Change system and > > deleting the disk data set after successful copy to tape. There are > > those occasions where a dump may occur where message automation is not > > available, hence the search of the catalog. > > > > To assist our Operations staff in determining who owns the dump, as an > > automation administrator, I am trying to devise a way to get some > > information from the actual dump data set itself. From the name, I can > > determine where and when, but not much else: > > COM='DD NAME=SYS1.DUMP.&SYSNAME..D&LYYMMDD..T&LHHMMSS..S&SEQ' > > > > However, with the name, I can leverage some tools to open and read the > > data set to get pertinent info. For example, this NetView PIPE recipe > > can get what appears to be the TITLE and JOBNAME from the first record > > at columns > > 89 and 1151: > > WINDOW PIPE QSAM SYS1.DUMP.CP66.D190419.T043130.S00001|TAKE FIRST 1 > > LINE|EDIT 89.100 1 "¢" NW 1101.8 N "¢" NW 1151.150 N|SPLIT AT "¢"|CONS > > LINE|ONLY > > > > In place of guessing at the layout, I was wondering if there was some > > (public) documentation describing possible dump layouts? > > > > Opening and reading seems to be the *simplest* approach given the > > tools at hand. Invoking IPCS is an alternative, though the (NetView) > > environment may not be too conducive. Submitting a batch job to invoke > > IPCS is also an option, but working that into the automation procedure > > seems a bit complicated too. > > > > Any other ideas? > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send > > email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to > lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
