Retrieve information about the CICS transaction dump data sets.
INQUIRE DUMPDS .---------------------------. V | >>-INQUIRE DUMPDS----+-----------------------+-+--------------->< +-CURRENTDDS(data-area)-+ +-INITIALDDS(data-area)-+ +-OPENSTATUS(cvda)------+ '-SWITCHSTATUS(cvda)----'
Conditions: NOTAUTH
For more information about the use of CVDAs, see CICS-value data areas (CVDAs).
The INQUIRE DUMPDS command allows you to retrieve information about CICS transaction dump data sets. There can either be one of these, known as the ‘A’ data set, or two: ‘A’ and ‘B’. One is "active" (receiving dumps) and the other, if there are two, is "inactive" (standby).