Tracing ISPF panels

You can trace the processing in the Infoprint Server ISPF panels during an interactive ISPF session. Tracing is usually used only for short periods of time to diagnose problems and collect information to forward to your service representative at the IBM® Support Center.

Infoprint Server writes the ISPF trace to a separate UNIX file for each ISPF session. If you turn tracing on and off during the same ISPF session, the Infoprint Server appends trace records to the UNIX file. Infoprint Server creates the trace file in directory /var/Printsrv/trace unless you specify a different directory name when you start the trace. The name of the trace file that Infoprint Server creates is userid.process_ID:

userid

Specifies the TSO user ID of the person who initiated the ISPF session.

process_ID

Specifies the ID of the UNIX process that is started for the ISPF panel session.

To trace ISPF panels:

1. On the Infoprint Server: Printer Inventory Manager panel, select 7 Configure.

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2. On the Configuration panel:
   1. Select the Trace Printer Inventory ISPF internals field.
   2. Specify the fully qualified name of an existing directory in the ISPF trace directory field. You can return to the default directory by clearing the ISPF trace directory field.
   3. To save the trace option and name of the directory, and exit the panel, press the END function key or enter END on the command line.

                                     Configuration
    /  Confirm delete requests
    /  Trace Printer Inventory ISPF internals
    ISPF trace directory. . /var/Printsrv/trace
    
    Printer Inventory:
       Configuration file . /etc/Printsrv/aopd.conf
       NLS path . . . . . . /usr/lpp/Printsrv/%L/%N
       Language . . . . . . En_US            

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3. When you are done tracing, turn tracing off by deselecting the Trace Printer Inventory ISPF internals field. Tracing remains on during your next Infoprint Server ISPF session unless you turn tracing off.

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