IPCS Installation Package

This chapter describes the IPCS installation package and introduces customization of the package. Table 1 explains the contents of the package.

Table 1. Contents of IPCS installation package
Item in IPCS Installation Package	Purpose
SYS1.PARMLIB members related to IPCS	Define data areas, symbols, component analysis dialogs, and IBM- and installation-supplied exit routines for IPCS dump formatting and analysis. Imbed IBM- and installation-supplied parmlib members. Specify parameters to be used during an IPCS session.
IPCS subcommands	Analyze, view, and format dump data. Combine trace data from dump or trace data sets, or both, into a single trace data set. Debug an IPCS exit routine. Maintain the IPCS dump directory, symbol table, and storage map. Merge and display formatted output from multiple application traces and generalized trace facility (GTF) traces. Perform utility functions, including customization of IPCS sessions.
IPCS restructured extended executor language (REXX) EXECs and command lists (CLISTs)	Begin an IPCS dialog. Create a dump directory. Generate problem screening reports. Perform initial dump analysis. Print system storage areas. Process one or more IPCS subcommands. Provide examples of IPCS subcommands.
IPCS dialog programs	Generate the functions associated with the IPCS dialog. Customize the IPCS dialog.
SYS1.MIGLIB system library	Allow IPCS and the component formatting and analysis programs in one version of MVS™ to function in another version of MVS. Install exit routines.
IPCS macros and mapping macros	Allow programmers to map data areas and perform functions needed when writing IPCS exit routines that format and analyze dump data.
IPCS exit services	Provide services to IPCS exit routines necessary for performing tasks related to accessing, formatting, analyzing, printing, or displaying information contained in a dump data set.