Use authorized program analysis reports

An authorized program analysis report (APAR) is an IBM-supplied program that allows you to create a diskette file or a tape file that contains information from your system to help software service representatives to correct programming problems.

This topic also includes details on using the APAR command.

The APAR procedure creates one or more diskette files or tape files that contain information about the following areas:

The APAR procedure can copy a specified load member to a file named APARLOAD, a specified source member to a file named APARSRCE, or a specified procedure member to a file named APARPROC which can be saved to diskette or tape. When the APAR procedure begins running, you can select the spooled file, job queue, message file, and user file index that the system will copy. Most of the data areas that are copied can be displayed using the DUMP procedure.

Use APARs to collect diagnostic information

Run the authorized program analysis report (APAR) procedure during an IPL after you have performed a system dump. The procedure requires an attended IPL.

To perform the APAR procedure, enter the following command:
APAR volid,[object],[source],[proc],[dumpfile],[S1],[AUTO/NOAUTO],[I1/TC/T1/T2]
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Save APAR Data (SAVADATA)
Restore APAR Data (RSTAPARDTA)