Steps for enabling the CTRACE at network security service (NSS) server startup

A default minimum component trace is always started during NSS server initialization. Use a parmlib member to customize the parameters that are used to initialize the trace. The default NSS server component trace parmlib member is the SYS1.PARMLIB member CTINSS00. You can change the parmlib member name using the NSSD_CTRACE_MEMBER environment variable.

Rule: The NSS server reads the NSSD_CTRACE_MEMBER environment variable only during initialization. Changes to NSSD_CTRACE_MEMBER after server initialization have no effect.

For a description of trace options, see Table 1.

Restriction: In addition to specifying the trace options, you can also change the NSS trace buffer size. The buffer size can be changed only at NSS initialization and has a maximum of 256 MB.
If the CTINSS00 member or the member that is specified in NSSD_CTRACE_MEMBER is not found when starting the network security services server, the following message is issued: 
IEE5381 memberName MEMBER NOT FOUND IN PARMLIB
When this message is issued, the NSS component trace is started with a buffer size of 1 MB and the minimum tracing option.
Parent topic: Diagnosing network security services (NSS) server problems