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HCL Z Abend Investigator User’s Guide and Reference V16.1.2
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  2. Welcome
  3. Z Abend Investigator installation and administration
  4. Preparing to customize Z Abend Investigator
  5. Exits for invoking Z Abend Investigator
  6. Invocation for non-CICS transaction abends
  7. Summary of exit usage
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  • PDF documentation
  • About this document
  • Summary of changes
  • Using Z Abend Investigator
  • Z Abend Investigator installation and administration
    • Migrating from an earlier version of Z Abend Investigator
    • Preparing to customize Z Abend Investigator
      • Checklist for installing and customizing Z Abend Investigator
      • Library names after you finish installing
      • Storage recommendations
      • Exits for invoking Z Abend Investigator
        • Invocation for non-CICS transaction abends
          • Summary of exit usage
        • Invocation for CICS transaction abends
        • SVC dump registration
      • Language Environment options required for invocation of Z Abend Investigator
      • Running Z Abend Investigator with similar third-party products
      • MVS dump data set size
      • Application-handled error conditions
      • Setting Z Abend Investigator SLIP traps

        As documentation for certain situations where Z Abend Investigator issues an error message, an MVS™ dump is often required by HCL Support.

    • Customizing the operating environment for Z Abend Investigator
    • Using the Z Abend Investigator HFZS subsystem

      Z Abend Investigator uses a subsystem known as HFZS for services that can otherwise not be performed or which might cause incomplete analysis if not started.

    • Modifying your ISPF environment
    • Customize Z Abend Investigator by using USERMODs
    • Customize Z Abend Investigator by using an HFZOPTLM configuration-options module
    • Setting up history files

      Z Abend Investigator requires at least one PDS or PDSE data set to be allocated as a fault history file.

    • Setting and changing default options for the site
    • Providing compiler listings or Z Abend Investigator side files
    • Customizing the CICS environment
    • Customizing the DB2 environment
    • Customizing the IMS environment
    • Customizing the Java environment
    • Customizing the Z Abend Investigator Japanese feature
    • Verifying Z Abend Investigator customization
    • Managing history files (HFZUTIL utility)

      The HFZUTIL batch utility can be used to perform history file management functions, such as listing and deleting history file fault entries.

    • Providing application-specific explanations and descriptions
    • Maintaining Z Abend Investigator
    • Disabling Z Abend Investigator
    • Customizing Z Abend Investigator by using user exits
    • Z Abend Investigator on VS Code

      HCL Z Abend Investigator is a host component and supports a client that supports various interfaces such as Microsoft Visual Studio Code IDEs.

  • Z Abend Investigator reference information
  • Sample customized ISPF interface front-end
  • Technical details for screen size adjustments
  • Notices

  • Glossary
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Summary of exit usage

Summary of Z Abend Investigator non-CICS (batch) invocation exit usage shows the exit used to invoke Z Abend Investigator, depending on execution environment and options in effect.
Figure 1. Summary of Z Abend Investigator non-CICS (batch) invocation exit usage

Illustration of non-CICS (batch) invocation exit usage.

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