Formatting log records for use with log analysis tools
You can use the IMS Dump Formatter to recreate the final part of an IMS log from the information that is available in an IMS dump.
Procedure
- Select option E (EDA - IMS Enhanced
Dump Analysis) from the IMS Dump
Formatting primary menu.
---------------------- IMS DUMP FORMATTING PRIMARY MENU ---------------------- . . OPTION ===> E . . . . 0 INIT - IMS formatting initialization and content summary . . 1 BROWSE - Browse Dump dataset ******************* . . 2 HI-LEVEL - IMS Component level formatting *USERID - BETHRM . . 3 LOW-LEVEL - IMS ITASK level formatting *DATE - 08/02/07 . . 4 ANALYSIS - IMS dump analysis *JULIAN - 08.038 . . 5 USER - IMS user formatting routines *TIME - 16:38 . . 6 OTHER COMP - Other IMS components (BPE, CQS...) *PREFIX - BETHRM . . 7 OTHER PROD - Other IMS-related products *TERMINAL- 3278 . . E EDA - IMS Enhanced Dump Analysis *PF KEYS - . . T TUTORIAL - IMS dump formatting tutorial ******************* . . X EXIT - Exit IMS dump formatting . . Enter END or RETURN command to terminate IMS component formatting. . . Use PFKeys to scroll up and down if needed. . . . . * This product contains "Restricted Materials of IBM". 5655-C56 (C) * . . * Copyright IBM Corp. 1991,2000 Licensed Materials - Property of IBM. * . . * All rights reserved. U.S. government users restricted rights - use, * . . * duplication, or disclosure restricted by GSA ADP schedule contract * . . * with IBM Corp. Refer to copyright instructions form number G120-2083. * . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - Select option 5 (SYS - Systems) from the IMS Enhanced Dump Formatting menu.
. ---------------------- IMS ENHANCED DUMP FORMATTING MENU ---------------------- . . OPTION ===> 5 . . . . 1 BROWSE - Browse dump dataset (IPCS norm) ******************* . . 2 DB - Full Function Data Base *USERID - BETHRM . . 3 FP - Fast Path Data Base *DATE - 08/03/05 . . 4 TM - Transaction Management and DC *JULIAN - 08.065 . . 5 SYS - Systems *TIME - 17:05 . . 6 DBRC - Database Recovery Control *PREFIX - BETHRM . . T TUTORIAL - IMS Dump Formatter Tutorial *TERMINAL- 3278 . . X EXIT - Exit EDA dump formatting menu *PF KEYS - . . ******************* . . . . Enter END or RETURN command to terminate IMS component formatting. . . . . . - Select WRITE from the Systems Formatting options menu.
. -------------------------- SYSTEMS FORMATTING OPTIONS ------ Row 1 to 14 of 14 . . . . S = SELECT Select choice and hit enter to process. . . Use UP/DOWN to scroll. . . . . . . Cmd Type Description . . v----------------------vvvvvvvv------------------------------------------------ . . _ BCB BCB statistics summary . . _ BPECSCD BPE LFS CSCD in the IMS control region . . _ BPEHASH BPE LFS hash tables in the IMS control region . . _ CDE CDE/SDE storage List . . _ CDECOMM CDE/SDE storage list (common only) . . _ CSLA CSL anchor block formatting . . _ DFA Definition Anchor Block and sub-blocks . . _ GRMB Global RESMGR Block, trace table, and SSCTs . . _ OCMD OM command instance block formatting . . _ PDIR PSB Directory Formatting . . _ PST PST formatting menu . . _ SMB SMB formatting menu . . _ TRC Trace Control Blocks . . S WRITE Write data to output dataset . . ******************************* Bottom of data ******************************** . . . . . . . . COMMAND ===> Scroll ===> PAGE .The WRITE option writes the contents of the log records that are within the buffers of the dump to a data set.