When IPCS initializes a dump, it writes a large amount of information about a dump to a dump directory. If you have WRITE access to the sysplex dump directory, use it for the initial dump analysis, then copy the description into your user dump directory using the IPCS COPYDDIR subcommand. COPYDDIR allows VSAM to rearrange the dump description as it is copied to your dump directory.

If your system is not part of a sysplex, you can achieve the same effect by using a central dump directory for the initialization.