Z Abend Investigator and CICS global user exits

Z Abend Investigator can be installed in either or both of the CICS® global user exits (GLUE) - XPCABND and XDUREQ. Installation in both exits is recommended. If other products are installed in the XDUREQ exit, then Z Abend Investigator must also be installed there. This is because, by default, a successful abend analysis by Z Abend Investigator through the XPCABND exit suppresses the CICS® transaction dump if the Z Abend Investigator is not installed in XDUREQ exit. If the dump is suppressed from XPCABND, CICS® does not invoke any of the XDUREQ exits. When Z Abend Investigator is installed in both XPCABND and XDUREQ, it defers dump suppression to XDUREQ, allowing CICS® will invoke XDUREQ exits.

If your environment is such that you require subsequent CICS® dump GLUEs to always be called, or if you require CICS® transaction dumps to always be written, you should do one of the following:
  • Code a Z Abend Investigator End Processing user exit and set the ENV.SUPPRESS_DUMP flag to 'N'.
  • Set the RetainCICSDump option to ALL. See RetainCICSDump for more details.