Creating a fault entry

When you exit from the CICS® System Abend Interactive Reanalysis Report, you are presented with the option to create a fault entry as shown in Sample Create Fault Entry display.

Figure 1. Sample Create Fault Entry display

  File  View  Services  Help
 ┌─────────────────────────── Create Fault Entry ─────────────────────────────┐
 │                                                                            │
 │ To create a fault entry for the analyzed MVS dump data set, specify        │
 │ a history file data set name and press Enter.                              │
 │                                                                            │
 │ History file DSN  . . 'NWILKES.DEMO.HIST'                                  │
 │                                                                            │
 │ Minidump pages  . . : 29                                                   │
 │ Suppress minidump . . N  (Y/N)                                             │
 │                                                                            │
 │  F1=Help     F3=Exit    F12=Cancel                                         │
 └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

DFHSM0002 CICSDI A severe error (code X'030E') has occurred in module DFHSMGF.


Severity 3 Observations

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 F1=Help      F3=Exit      F5=RptFind   F6=Actions   F7=Up        F8=Down
F10=Left     F11=Right

To create a fault entry:

If necessary, change the supplied name of the history file (obey the ISPF data set name specification rules).
Optionally change the Suppress minidump option to 'Y' to show that a minidump with the indicated number of pages must not be created.
Press Enter.

The "History file DSN" field is by default initialized with the current history file name that is selected on the Fault Entry List display. If a view is being used, then the first history file name that is specified in the view member is used. To avoid creating a fault entry, press either F3 or F12.

Instead of the default, the user can specify a different history file name. Standard TSO naming convention for data sets is assumed, that is, if the data set name is not enclosed in single quotes, the current TSO prefix is used as the high-level qualifier.

If the specified history file does not exist, then the New History File Allocation display is shown (for details, see New history file allocation).

The user must have at least UPDATE access to the specified history file.

If a fault entry was created, message IDI0003I is issued to inform you of the assigned fault ID. The history file in which the fault entry was created is automatically selected as the current history file. A MATCH FAULT_ID fault_id command is issued so that only the newly created fault entry is displayed. This command is issued because the newly created fault entry might not be at the top of the chronologically ordered Fault Entry List display, and thus difficult to locate. To again see all fault entries in the history file, enter the MATCH ALL command (normally mapped to PF12).

The performance of subsequent reanalysis of the fault is improved by creating a fault history entry for a CICS® system abend, and writing a minidump.