Symptom Record Retrieval
- The virtual machine is defined
- It starts the RETRIEVE program
- It has room on its A disk for new symptom records.
Normally, during system generation, your installation sets up a permanent symptom record recording virtual machine. When you bring up z/VM®, CP automatically logs on this virtual machine. However, you may use the RETRIEVE command to assign the retrieval of symptom records to other virtual machines if the system programmer authorizes that virtual machine in the IUCV directory control statement. See Specifying a New Symptom Record Recording Virtual Machine.
After CP logs it on, the permanent symptom record recording virtual machine normally starts retrieving automatically. However, you can also start symptom record retrieval manually. See Stopping and Starting Symptom Record Recording.
Over time, the symptom record recording virtual machine's A disk fills up with symptom records. CP sends a message to you, the primary system operator, when the A disk is 75% full, 90% full, and completely full. You can also log on the symptom record recording virtual machine and check the disk yourself. When the disk is full, you must process some of the old records and erase some files to make room for new ones.