Tracing considerations
Consider these impacts when you select the tracing mode:
- Processor usage and throughput
The FSA full external trace affects processor performance. Do not start a full external trace during peak processor usage. All other traces affect processor performance, but the impact is not as significant.
- Timing Considerations
Activating any of the traces causes the timing relationships to change, possibly causing the problems to "disappear" when tracing is active. This is especially true for the full external trace. If a problem "disappears" when tracing, specify a different tracing mode, for example, a full trace with no tracing of print records.