Explaining trace header information
- Trace identifier
- SAFTRACE Record type 54.
- Record eyecatcher
- Eyecatcher for the SAFTRACE record type: RTRACE.
- Trace type
- Identifies what trace this is. Types are OMVS for callable services, MNGR for manager calls, or RACF® for RACROUTE traces. These types are followed by PRE or POST to indicate that the record pertains to a pre-function trace or post-function trace.
- Ending sequence
- This contains a unique identifier in the case of the trace record exceeded the maximum size. If an there is an abend during the trace, it contains RECOVERY. Ending sequences indicate that a problem occurred during trace capture. If you find these, it is indicative of a problem with the parameter list built by the caller of the function.
- Calling address
- Address of the caller. This is useful along with a dump of the address space when determining the caller of the service in question. It may not be possible to determine the caller of the function using the Request/Subsystem (when available).
- Requestor/Subsystem
- Caller's SAFPREQR and SAFPSUBS as specified on RACROUTE.
- Primary jobname
- Primary jobname.
- Primary asid
- Primary ASID.
- Primary ACEEP
- Primary ASID related ACEE pointer, as indicated in ASXBSENV.
- Home jobname
- Home Jobname.
- Home asid
- Home ASID.
- Home ACEEP
- Home ASID related ACEE pointer as indicated in the home address space ASXBSENV field.
- Task address
- TCB pointer of current task.
- Time
- Time stamp.
- Error class
- Possible Security product resource class name in error.
- Service number
- Service number for Callable service or RACROUTE. (See Table 1 and Table 2 for supported services).
- RACF Return code
- RACF Return Code.
- RACF Reason code
- RACF Reason Code.
- Return area address
- Address of data returned by the function. When used with a dump of an address space, storage creep problems can be isolated to the application.
- Parameter count
- Number of parameters that were captured. Note, this is not the number of parameters in the parmlist, but rather the number of parameters which were collected.