Subsystem control

The traceson command can be used to turn on, and the traceoff command can be used to turn off, tracing of a System Resource Controller (SRC) resource such as a subsystem, a group of subsystems, or a subserver.

Use the traceson command to turn on tracing of a System Resource Controller (SRC) resource such as a subsystem, a group of subsystems, or a subserver.

Use the tracesoff command to turn off tracing of a System Resource Controller (SRC) resource such as a subsystem, a group of subsystems, or a subserver.

The traceson and traceoff commands can be used to remotely turn on or turn off tracing on a specific host. See the srcmstr command for the configuration requirements for supporting remote SRC requests.

Prerequisites
  • To turn the tracing of an SRC resource either on or off , the SRC must be running.
  • The resource you want to trace must not use the signals communications method.
  • The resource you want to trace must be programmed to respond to the trace request.
Turning On/Off Subsystem, Subsystem Group, or Subserver Tasks
Task SMIT Fast Path Command or File
Turn on Subsystem Tracing (short format) smit tracessyson traceson -s Subsystem
Turn on Subsystem Tracing (long format) smit tracessyson traceson -l -s Subsystem
Turn off Subsystem Tracing smit tracessysoff tracesoff -s Subsystem