Product Activity Log

The Product Activity Log allows you to display or print system data, Licensed Internal Code data, software components, subsystem information, and I/O device data that has been logged.

You can select the Product activity log option from the Start a Service Tool display.

It allows you to display or print system, Licensed Internal Code, software components, subsystem, and I/O device data that has been logged. It also provides data summaries, allows data to be sorted, displays reference code descriptions, and allows you to work with removable media statistics.

Use the options and function keys to view the log online. Function keys, such as the Alternate view key, allow you to page through the various log fields. For more information on the product activity log options and function keys, see Options and function keys. If a printer is available, you can create a printout of the product activity log. For an example of a Product Activity Log printed analysis report, see Figure 1.

Figure 1. Product Activity Log

Product Activity Log
 
Select one of the following:
 
1. Analyze log
2. Display or print by log ID
3. Change log sizes
4. Work with removable media lifetime statistics
5. Display or print removable media session statistics
6. Reference code description
 
 
 
Selection
 
 
F3=Exit       F12=Cancel

The PAL is the general use system log containing entries for informational events, thresholding incidents, dumps, and errors that need to trigger service actions. The entries are full of basic and detailed information on the event in a somewhat raw form.

This option is selected from the Start a Service Tool menu. It allows you to display or print data that has been logged for various components of the system. It also provides data summaries, allows data to be sorted, and allows you to work with removable media statistics and display reference code descriptions. It was formerly called the Error Log Utility.

Note: Some PAL entries regarding secondary logical partitions are written to the PAL with respect to the primary partition.

Use the Product Activity Log option to:

Analyze the log data of a specific subsystem. Some subsystem selections are:
- All logs
- Processor
- Magnetic media
- Local workstation
- Communications (SDLC, BSC, X.25, token ring, remote workstation, IDLC, if supported by the system).
- Power
- Licensed program
- Licensed Internal Code
Analyze all log data associated with the same log ID. The user must know the log ID to use this function.
Display summary information.
Display information about a specific entry or a group of entries.
Change Product Activity Log sizes.
Display information about volume statistics for removable media.
Review session or lifetime counters for a specific volume or removable media type.
Delete or print volume statistics lifetime counters.
Display reference code descriptions

You can send output to a:

Printer (if available)
Console display

In the limited paging environment, you cannot change PAL area sizes, work with tape or diskette statistics, or examine session or lifetime counters for a specific volume or removable media type.