DSMSERV DISPLAY LOG (Display recovery log information)

Use this utility to display information about recovery logs including the active log, the mirror for the active log, the failover directory for the archive log, and the overflow location for logs. Use this utility when the server is not running.

Syntax


>>-DSMSERV -+----------------------+---------------------------->
            |  (1)                 |   
            '------- -u--user_name-'   

                                 (2).- -k--Server1--.   
>--+-------------------------+------+---------------+----------->
   |  (1)                    |      '- -k--key_name-'   
   '------- -i--instance_dir-'                          

>--+-------------------+--+------------+--+---------+----------->
   '- -o--options_file-'  '- -noexpire-'  '- -quiet-'   

>--DISPLAY LOG-------------------------------------------------><

Notes:

This parameter applies to AIX, HP-UX, Linux, and Solaris servers only.
This parameter applies only to Windows servers.

Parameters

-u user_name: Specifies a user name to switch to before initializing the server.
-i instance_dir: Specifies an instance directory to use. This becomes the current working directory of the server.
-k key_name: Specifies the name of the Windows registry key from which to retrieve information about the server. Use this parameter only when there is more than one server on the same system. The default is SERVER1.
-o options_file: Specifies an options file to use.
-noexpire: Specifies that expiration processing is suppressed when starting.
-quiet: Specifies that messages to the console are suppressed.

Examples: Display recovery log information

Display information about the recovery logs. See Field descriptions for details about the information shown in the output.

dsmserv display log

               Total Space(MB): 38,912
                Used Space(MB): 401.34
                Free Space(MB): 38,358.65
          Active Log Directory: /activelog
         Archive Log Directory: /archivelog
          Mirror Log Directory: /mirrorlog
Archive Failover Log Directory: /archfailoverlog

               Total Space(MB): 38,912
                Used Space(MB): 401.34
                Free Space(MB): 38,358.65
          Active Log Directory: h:\tsm\activelog
         Archive Log Directory: k:\tsm\archivelog
          Mirror Log Directory: i:\tsm\mirrorlog
Archive Failover Log Directory: j:\tsm\archfailoverlog

Field descriptions

Total Space: Specifies the maximum size of the active log.
Used Space: Specifies the total amount of active log space currently used in the database, in megabytes.
Free Space: Specifies the amount of active log space in the database that is not being used by uncommitted transactions, in megabytes.
Active Log Directory: Specifies the location where active log files are stored. When you change the active log directory, the server moves all archived logs to the archive log directory and all active logs to a new active log directory.
Mirror Log Directory: Specifies the location where the mirror for the active log is maintained.
Archive Failover Log Directory: Specifies the location in which the server saves archive logs if the logs cannot be archived to the archive log destination.