Types of Db2 traces

Db2 trace can record several types of data, including: statistics, accounting, audit, performance, monitor, and global traces.

Begin program-specific programming interface information. For details on what information each IFCID returns, see the mapping macros in prefix.SDSNMACS. End program-specific programming interface information.

The trace records are written using GTF or SMF records. Trace records can also be written to storage, if you are using the monitor trace class.

Finding trace field (IFCID) descriptions

You can find descriptions of trace records in the IFCID flat file (DSNWMSGS). The most current version of DSNWMSGS is available only for clients who have Db2 13 for z/OS® licenses. The information is in a PDF file. To locate this information, see Db2 13 for z/OS IFCID flat file (DSNWMSGS).