gtpm1m34 | TPF V4R1 Migration Guide: 3.1 to 4.1 |
In the TPF 3.1 system, you could specify which core blocks you wanted to include in a dump with a positional parameter. This option, and several others, were removed. In the TPF 4.1 system, the primary purpose of the ZASER command is to tell the TPF system where you want your dump and console message routed. Also, on the ZASER command, some options:
Table 42 summarizes the differences between the TPF 3.1 system
and TPF 4.1 system system error (SERRC) dump options.
(Options that are not changed are not included in the table.)
Table 42. Changes to the System Error Options for the ZASER Command
TPF 3.1 System | TPF 4.1 System | New, Changed, or No Longer Supported? | Description of Changes |
---|---|---|---|
DUPL
NO DUPL | DUPL
NODUPL | Changed | Changed NO DUPL to one word. |
DUMP
NO DUMP | DUMPON
DUMPOFF | Changed | Changed to be consistent with other options. |
CRAS
NO CRAS | CONSON
CONSOFF | Changed | Changed to be consistent with other options. CONSON routes system error messages to the system console; CONSOFF suppresses routing of system error messages to the system console. |
ALLW NDM | CONSDMP | New | Log messages when a dump is generated. This option replaces ALLW NDM. |
SUPP NDM | Not Applicable | No Longer Supported | Not Applicable |
STRACE
DTRACE | Not Applicable | No Longer Supported | Not Applicable |
SEL CORE
ALL CORE | Not Applicable | No Longer Supported | Not Applicable |
HALT
CONTIN | Not Applicable | No Longer Supported | Not Applicable |
Table 43 summarizes the differences between the TPF 3.1 system
and the TPF 4.1 system snapshot (SNAPC) dump
options. (Options that are not changed are not included in the
table.)
Table 43. Changes to the Snapshot Dump Options for the ZASER Command
TPF 3.1 System | TPF 4.1 System | New, Changed, or No Longer Supported? | Description of Changes |
---|---|---|---|
DUPL
NO DUPL | DUPL
NODUPL | Changed | Changed NO DUPL to one word. |
DUMP ON
DUMP OFF DUMP MSG | DUMPON
DUMPOFF DUMPMSG | Changed | Changed options to one word. |
DUMP ALL | Not Applicable | No Longer Supported | Replaced by DUMPON. |
DUMP TAPE | TAPE | Changed | Changed to one word. |
DUMP PRT | PRT | Changed | Changed to one word. |
CONS ON | Not Applicable | No Longer Supported | Replaced by CONSALL. |
CONS OFF
CONS MSG CONS ALL | CONSOFF
CONSMSG CONSALL | Changed | Changed options to one word.
In the TPF 3.1 system, CONSALL was a suboption of CONSON. In the TPF 4.1 system both options are combined in CONSALL. |
The new ZIDOT command allows you to specify additional areas of main storage to be included in a dump for a particular system error, to bypass processing of a particular system error, and to display the current status and overrides for a system error.
See TPF Operations for a complete description of the ZASER and ZIDOT commands.