Planning for system logger applications

This section covers planning steps for any system logger applications. It includes the following topics:

• What is system logger?
• The system logger configuration
• Finding information for system logger applications
  • Finding information for CICS log manager
  • Finding information for OPERLOG log stream
  • Finding information for logrec log stream
  • Finding information for APPC/MVS
  • Finding information for IMS common queue server log manager
  • Finding information for resource recovery services
  • Finding information for system management facilities (SMF)
• Preparing to use system logger applications
  • Understand the requirements for system logger
  • Plan the system logger configuration
  • Determine the size of each coupling facility structure
  • Develop a naming convention for system logger resources
  • Plan DASD space for system logger
  • Managing log data: How much? For how long?
  • Define authorization to system logger resources
  • Format the sysplex scope LOGR couple data set and make it available to the sysplex
  • Add information about log streams and coupling facility structures to the LOGR policy
  • Deleting log streams from the LOGR, LOGRY or LOGRZ policy
  • Define the coupling facility structures attributes in the CFRM function couple data set
  • Activate the LOGR subsystem
• Deleting log data and log data sets
• Upgrading an existing log stream configuration
  • Upgrading a log stream from DASD-only to coupling facility
  • Updating a log stream to use a different coupling facility structure
• System logger recovery