IMS system log utilities

The system log data sets are a basic source for statistics about the processing performed by the online system. Individual log record types contain data that can be analyzed in many ways. For example, you can select and format all activity pertaining to a specified user ID, or about IMS pools.

IMS provides several utilities to assist with extracting log records from the system log. These utilities also assist with reducing and merging data that is spread across several log data sets.

In addition to the following utilities, IMS Performance Analyzer for z/OS® provides a comprehensive suite of reports to help you manage the performance and resource utilization of your IMS systems.