Dump Detective

Q:

The Dump Delete Period is set to 7, but no dumps are being deleted. Why?

A:

No dumps are deleted until the Dump File is backed up and restored via program DTECDMNT. The Dump Delete Period just identifies which dumps are eligible for deletion when the batch job executes.

Q:  

How do you print a CICS dump out of Dump Detective?

A:

// JOB DTCPRT11 EXTRACT DUMPS
// LIBDEF PHASE,SEARCH=your.DTEC.LIB
// DLBL DTECDFL,'your.DTEC.DUMP.FILE',,VSAM,CAT=yourcat
// DLBL DTECDMP,'your.DTEC.DUMP.PRINT',0,VSAM,CAT=yourcat,          X
               RECORDS=500,RECSIZE=4096
// EXEC DTECCPRT,SIZE=AUTO
SELECT ID=xxx
*
// DLBL DFHDUMP,'your.DTEC.DUMP.PRINT',0,VSAM,CAT=yourcat
// EXEC DFHDU410,PARM='SINGLE,TRANSLATE=FOLD'     TS 1.1    *** choose the correct program
// EXEC DFHDUP,SIZE=80K,PARM='TRANSLATE=LC'       CICS 2.3  *** for your CICS release
/*
/&

Q:

I need to temporarily quit capturing dumps in Dump Detective. Is there a quick way to do this?

A:

Issue the command "DTEC STOP" to stop dump capture. To start it up again, issue "DTEC START".