Dealing with program abends
Program abends can be caused by applications failing to check, and respond to, reason codes from WebSphere MQ. For example, if a message has not actually been received, using fields that would have been set up in the message for calculation could cause X'0C4' or X'0C7' abends (ASRA abends in CICS).
The following pieces of information indicate a program abend:
- Error messages from WebSphere MQ in the console log
- CICS error messages
- CICS transaction dumps
- IMS region dumps
- IMS messages on user or master terminal
- Program dump information in batch or TSO output
- Abend messages in batch job output
- Abend messages on the TSO screen
If you have an abend code, see one of the following manuals for an explanation of the cause of the abend:
- For WebSphere MQ for z/OS abends (abend codes X'5C6' and X'6C6'), the WebSphere MQ for z/OS Messages and Codes manual
- For batch abends, the MVS System Codes manual
- For CICS abends, the CICS Messages and Codes manual
- For IMS abends, the IMS/ESA Messages and Codes manual
- For DB2 abends, the DB2 Messages and Codes manual
- For RRS abends, the MVS System Messages manual
- For XES abends, the MVS System Messages manual