gtpm1m34TPF V4R1 Migration Guide: 3.1 to 4.1

Specifying and Overriding System Error Options

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:

Options that Changed for the ZASER Command

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.