Product activity log

You can select the Product activity log option from the Start a Service Tool display.

It allows you to display or print system, Licensed Internal Code, software components, subsystem, and I/O device data that has been logged. It also provides data summaries, allows data to be sorted, displays reference code descriptions, and allows you to work with removable media statistics.

Use the options and function keys to view the log online. Function keys, such as the Alternate view key, allow you to page through the various log fields.

The PAL is the general use system log containing entries for informational events, thresholding incidents, dumps, and errors that need to trigger service actions. The entries are full of basic and detailed information on the event in a somewhat raw form.

This option is selected from the Start a Service Tool menu. It allows you to display or print data that has been logged for various components of the system. It also provides data summaries, allows data to be sorted, and allows you to work with removable media statistics and display reference code descriptions. It was formerly called the Error Log Utility.

In the limited paging environment, you cannot change PAL area sizes, work with tape statistics, or examine session or lifetime counters for a specific volume or removable media type.