The amount of storage that you allocate for your PDA log data sets depends on the amount of trace data activity at your site and depends on how long you want to keep trace information. As part of your considerations for Planning to use the problem determination aid (PDA) facility, you may have considered how long you want to keep trace information.

Short-term PDA trace history

If you choose to keep trace information for two days or less, see Problem determination aid log data set size work sheet—Short-term trace history.

Long-term PDA trace history

If you choose to keep trace information for longer than two days, see Problem determination aid log data set size work sheet—Long-term trace history.