Problem

In case of Abend, a debugging aid may be active on your system and preventing the desired system dump

In some cases, it can also prevent expected CFT operations like SHUT, Compiling parameters, Initialization....

Resolution

Add one of these statements to the JCL at execution time to bypass the matching debugging aid program.

//IDIOFF DD DUMMY IBM FAULT ANALYZER OFF
//ABNLIGNR DD DUMMY ABEND-AID OFF
//ESPYIBM DD DUMMY EYE-SPY OFF
//CAOESTOP DD DUMMY CA-OPT II & CA-SYMDUMP OFF
//DMBENAN DD DUMMY TURN OFF DUMPMASTER
//PSPOFF DD DUMMY TURN OFF SOFTWORKS PERFORMANCE ESSENTIAL