Troubleshooting Options

This document describes Adabas Online System troubleshooting options you can use to display diagnostic information.


Displaying Database Status Information

To display database status information for a specific database, select option I on the Main Menu (with the database ID specified) or enter the following direct command:

DISPLAY ADAINFO

The Database Status Info drop-down report appears:

                                      
                                      
    --- Database Status Info ---      
                                      
  DBID ........ 1955   1021           
  DB Name ..... WIS1955               
  Version ..... 8.3.8                 
  Start Date .. 2014-04-28            
  Start Time .. 16:33:42              
  DSF Status .. Active                
  SPT Status .. Inactive              
  CSH Status .. Inactive              
                                      
                                      

Status information includes:

  • the database number and name

  • the version of the Adabas software

  • the date and time the database was started

  • whether the Adabas Delta Save Facility, the Triggers and Stored Procedures Facility, and/or Adabas Caching Facility are active or inactive on the database.

Displaying Active Targets

From the main menu, the following direct command displays active targets for a specified database.

DISPLAY IDT

The Display Active Targets screen appears.

16:10:11          ***** A D A B A S  BASIC  SERVICES *****          2014-05-02
                         -  Display Active Targets  -                         
                                                                              
 CPU ......... 0009A10E28180000                Entries for SVC No. .. 249     
 Default-DB .. 1955   (WIS1955)                Max. No. Of Entries .. 10      
                                               Max. Active Entries .. 2       
  M I Tgt-ID I Target Flag     I Target Mode     I CQH Flag I                 
 ------------------------------------------------------------                 
    I  1954  I Isolated-DB     I                 I     10   I                 
    I  1021  I Isolated-DB     I Local service   I     11   I                 
    I        I                 I                 I          I                 
    I        I                 I                 I          I                 
    I        I                 I                 I          I                 
    I        I                 I                 I          I                 
    I        I                 I                 I          I                 
    I        I                 I                 I          I                 
    I        I                 I                 I          I                 
    I        I                 I                 I          I                 
    I        I                 I                 I          I                 
 Mark a DB-entry with 'X' to Select for processing                            
                                                                              
PF1----- PF2------ PF3------ PF4------ PF6----- PF7----- PF8----- PF12-----   
Help               Exit                                           Menu        

The Target Flag column may have the following values:

Target Flag Value Description
Communicator Entire Net-Work node
Non-DB target Entire System Server, XDCOM, or Entire Net-Work node
Isolated-DB ADARUN parameter ISO=YES is used for the database

The Target Mode column may have the following values:

Target Mode Value Description
AB required attached buffers are required
IDTE forced ADARUN parameter FORCE=YES is used during initialization
Anchor service no command queue; anchor target only; e.g., buffer pool manager
Local service ADARUN parameter LOCAL=YES; no remote calls

Forcing a Database Abend

The direct command, CATCH RSP-CODE forces an abend of the specified database. The syntax of the command is:

CATCH RSP-CODE

Stopping a Utility

Option Q on the Main Menu displays a window for stopping a batch utility job and resetting the DIB.

The equivalent direct command is:

RESET UTILITY-ABEND

The following pop-up screen appears:

                                  
 Enter JOBNAME of Utility to      
 reset DIB and to Stop the user.  
                                  
     Jobname ... ________         
     Confirm ... _  (Y or N)      
                                  
 -PF1-------PF3-------PF12------  
            Exit      Menu