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Information We Need

However you contact us, please try to include the information below, if you have it. The more information you can give, the better Micro Focus SupportLine can help you. But if you don't know all the answers, or you think some are irrelevant to your problem, please give whatever information you have.

The name and version number of all products that you think might be causing a problem.
Your computer make and model.
Your operating system version number and details of any networking software you are using.
The amount of memory in your computer.
The relevant page reference or section in the documentation.
Your serial number. To find out these numbers, look in the subject line and body of your Electronic Product Delivery Notice email that you received from Micro Focus.

On Windows, if you are reporting a protection violation you might be asked to provide a dump ( .dmp) file. To produce a dump file you use the Unexpected Error dialog box that is displayed when a protection violation occurs. Unless requested by Micro Focus SupportLine, leave the dump setting as Normal (recommended), click Dump, then specify a location and name for the dump file. Once the dump file has been written you can email it to Micro Focus SupportLine.

Alternatively, you might be asked to provide a log file created by the Consolidated Tracing Facility (CTF) - a tracing infrastructure that enables you to quickly and easily produce diagnostic information detailing the operation of a number of Micro Focus software components.

On Windows, you can use the Micro Focus SupportLine Support Scan Utility, MFSupportInfo, to create either:

a .log file that contains the details about your environment, Micro Focus SupportLine products, and settings.
a .zip archive that includes the same information as the .log file plus some product configuration files from c:\ProgramData and the product installation log files.

MFSupportInfo.exe is stored in <install-dir>\bin.

To run MFSupportInfo:

Start a 32-bit Enterprise Developer command prompt.
Enter MFSupportinfo at the command prompt to start the utility.
Create a .log file or a .zip archive as follows:
1. To create a .log file, click File > Save.
  This prompts to save the .log file, MFSupportInfo_Log_MachineName_YYYY-MM-DD_HH-MM-SS.log, in the %temp% directory.
2. To create a .zip archive, click Tools > Create Zip Package.
  This creates a .zip archive, MFSupportInfo_Log_MachineName_YYYY-MM-DD_HH-MM-SS.zip, in the %temp% directory.
Send the diagnostic information to your Micro Focus SupportLine representative:
The following requires an Internet connection and an Email client:
1. Click Tools > Email Log to SupportLine to open the Email Log dialog box.
2. Fill in the required fields and click Send.
If the machine is not connected to the Internet or if there are no Email clients installed, copy either the .log file or the .zip archive to a machine that is connected to the Internet. Use your Email client to email the files to Micro Focus SupportLine at supportline@microfocus.com together with the Support Incident (SI) number, if available, and any additional details that might be useful to diagnose the issues that you are experiencing.

Data Manager

When using Data Manager, please be ready to provide the following in addition:

The version number for the z/OS component, found on the Main Menu panel.
Whether you are using the Standard or Client/Server configuration.
The data stores you are working with, including client-side and server-side versions where appropriate.

Details of the data store contents, for example:

DDL, DCLGEN, or SYSPUNCH  (for SQL data stores)
Copybooks (SEQ, VSAM, GDG, DL/I)
FDT (ADABAS)
DBD (DL/I)