PDCOLLECT collection flags

When using the PDCOLLECT action to gather diagnostic data, you can choose what content to collect at a detailed level.

Note: The content in this topic is relevant only for environments with PTF UJ98129 for APAR OA68463 (3Q25) applied. If you do not have this maintenance applied, see Using PDCOLLECT (without OA68463).

The collection flags are defined by parameters with the naming pattern KFJ_PDCOL_COLLECT_*. Each of these parameters accepts Y and N as values.

The following table lists the collection flags that are available and describes the content that each setting collects.
Table 1. PDCOLLECT collection flags
Parameter Description
KFJ_PDCOL_COLLECT_STC Collects the started task log
KFJ_PDCOL_COLLECT_NETSTAT Collects network information using the netstat utility
KFJ_PDCOL_COLLECT_DASTATS Collects SDSF Display Active Users (DA) statistics
KFJ_PDCOL_COLLECT_RK Collects libraries RKANSAMU, RKANPARU, RKANCMDU, RKANDATV, RKCPDEFW, RKD2PAR, RKD2SAM
KFJ_PDCOL_COLLECT_TRG Collects libraries xKANCMD, xKANSAM, xKANPAR, where x is T or R (shared or full RTE)
KFJ_PDCOL_COLLECT_LISTCAT Collects LISTCAT command output, which lists all the data sets under the runtime environment qualifiers
KFJ_PDCOL_COLLECT_RTEDEF Collects the runtime environment definition (RTEDEF) library
KFJ_PDCOL_COLLECT_EMBEDS Collects the EMBEDS data set
KFJ_PDCOL_COLLECT_USERJCL Collects the data set specified in the GBL_USER_JCL parameter
KFJ_PDCOL_COLLECT_WCONFIG Collects the WCONFIG data set
KFJ_PDCOL_COLLECT_SNMP Collects member RKANSAMU(KN3SNMP) or the data set specified in parameter KN3_SNMP_CONFIG_FILE
KFJ_PDCOL_COLLECT_STDENV Collects the data sets mapped to the SDTENV DD statement
KFJ_PDCOL_COLLECT_SDADIR Collects various information about the self-describing agent (SDA) directory, permission bits, contents, spawn_cmd.sh contents
KFJ_PDCOL_COLLECT_QA1 Collects QA1 files from the Tivoli Enterprise Monitoring Server started task
Note: When producing output in the PAX (.pax) file format, the PDCOLLECT action writes the QA1 files to the z/OS® UNIX® System Services file system in hexadecimal print format. Additionally, the hex print data is converted to ASCII format and placed in the /converted subdirectory.
KFJ_PDCOL_COLLECT_OPSLOG Collects data sets mapped to the RKMSLG DD statement
KFJ_PDCOL_COLLECT_MANIFEST Collects component level information

Example

The following example show the collection flags with default settings:
* Data collection flags      
                             
KFJ_PDCOL_COLLECT_STC      Y 
KFJ_PDCOL_COLLECT_NETSTAT  Y 
KFJ_PDCOL_COLLECT_DASTATS  Y 
KFJ_PDCOL_COLLECT_RK       Y 
KFJ_PDCOL_COLLECT_TRG      Y 
KFJ_PDCOL_COLLECT_LISTCAT  Y 
KFJ_PDCOL_COLLECT_RTEDEF   Y 
KFJ_PDCOL_COLLECT_EMBEDS   Y 
KFJ_PDCOL_COLLECT_USERJCL  Y 
KFJ_PDCOL_COLLECT_WCONFIG  Y 
KFJ_PDCOL_COLLECT_SNMP     Y 
KFJ_PDCOL_COLLECT_STDENV   Y 
KFJ_PDCOL_COLLECT_SDADIR   Y 
KFJ_PDCOL_COLLECT_QA1      Y 
KFJ_PDCOL_COLLECT_OPSLOG   N 
KFJ_PDCOL_COLLECT_MANIFEST Y