TRACE command for CICS VR server component trace

Use the TRACE command to set up the tracking option and trace table sizes.

The syntax of the TRACE command for tracing the CICS® VR server component follows:

The default SYSSMS trace table size is 72 KB.

PARM=CTISMSxx identifies the SYS1.PARMLIB member that contains the tracing options.

Use the nnnK and nnnnM keywords to specify trace table sizes of 16 - 999 KB or 1 - 2047 MB, respectively.

If the PARM keyword is omitted, you must specify trace options. Use the REPLY command, with the following syntax:

REPLY id [,JOBNAME=(jobnamelist)] ASID[,=(asidlist)]
[,OPTIONS=(name name ...)] [,WTR=membername | DISCONNECT] [, END]

Note:
  1. The id value is the identification number, 0 - 99, specified on the prompting message.
  2. You can list up to 16 jobnames or ASIDs to be used as filters in tracing.
  3. The REPLY can be continued on multiple lines. END must be the final parameter, to identify the end of the REPLY.
  4. OPTIONAL (needed only when using CTRACE WRITER). Create a member in SYS1.PROCLIB to allocate a CTRACE WRITER data sets. Refer to the Using an External Writer to Capture Trace Data section in the z/OS MVS Initialization and Tuning Reference for an example procedure. Note that the name of the procedure is the name specified when starting the trace writer.

    For example, to start the trace writer with a procedure named CTWDASD, issue the following command:

    TRACE CT,WTRSTART=CTWDASD
    The TRACE and REPLY commands are fully described in z/OS® MVS System Commands.