Starting the syslogd browser

You are able to browse syslog daemon files and archives with the syslogd browser.

To start the syslogd browser, do the following steps:

Start the syslogd browser from ISPF in the way that you set up. See syslogd in z/OS Communications Server: IP Configuration Reference for more information.
Optional: Enter values for the following syslogd browser options.
Tip: You can change the values if you do not want to use the default values.
- Recall migrated data sets
- Maximum hits to display
- Maximum file archives
- Display start date/time
- Display active files only
For more information about syslogd browser options, see Syslogd browser start panel option descriptions.
Enter the file or data set name of syslogd configuration, or select one from the list of the configuration files or data sets that you used.
The default location for the syslogd configuration is /etc/syslogd.conf. You can specify a different file name or MVS™ data set to use instead. The last 10 configuration files or data set names are saved. You can reuse them by selecting them with an S line command from the list of the configuration files or data sets that you used.

Result: When you enter or select a file or data set name, the syslogd browser reads the specified syslogd configuration and collects information about active UNIX files and available archives. For large syslogd configurations, this process might take a few seconds.
Optional: You can use line commands on each recently used syslogd configuration file or data set. For more information about line commands, see Syslogd browser start panel line commands.
Press ENTER to continue or the END PF key to exit without a selection.

Example:

When you start the browser, you can change some options and select a syslogd configuration file or data set as shown in the following example.

*------------------------- z/OS CS Syslogd Browser ----------- Row 1 to 7 of 7 
Command ===>                                                  Scroll ===> PAGE 
                                                                               
Enter syslogd browser options                                                  
  Recall migrated data sets ==> YES    (Yes/No) Recall data sets or not        
  Maximum hits to display   ==> 200    (1-99999) Search results to display     
  Maximum file archives     ==> 30     (0-400) Days to look for file archives  
  Display start date/time   ==> YES    (Yes/No) Retrieve start date/time       
  Display active files only ==> NO     (Yes/No) Active files only, no archives 
                                                                               
Enter file or data set name of syslogd configuration, or select one from below:
                                                                               
  File/DS Name ==> 'user1.tcpcs.tcpparms(syslogt)'                             
                                                                               
Press ENTER to continue or the END PF key to exit without a selection                 
                                                                               
Line commands: S Select, R Remove from list, B Browse content, E Edit content  
                                                                               
Cmd Recently used syslogd configuration file or data set name                  
--- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
    'user1.tcpcs.tcpparms(syslogt)'                                            
    'user1.tcpcs.tcpparms(syslogn)'                                            
    'user1.tcpcs.tcpparms(sysltom)'                                            
    tcpcs.tcpparms(test)                                                       
    tcpcs.tcpparms(syslogt)                                                    
    /etc/syslog.test                                                           
    /etc/syslog.alfred.conf                                                    
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