Trace activities

Trace-related activity:	How to accomplish the activity:
Define the application to component trace	CTRACE macro with DEFINE parameter (referred to as CTRACE DEFINE for the remainder of this text)
Start tracing	A user-written start/stop exit routine and one of the following: TRACE CT and accompanying REPLY operator commands Parmlib member on a TRACE CT operator command PRESET in a parmlib member on a TRACE CT operator command Parmlib member on CTRACE DEFINE
Create trace table entries	ITTCTE mapping macro
Obtain status information	DISPLAY TRACE operator command. A user-written display trace exit routine is optional.
Change trace options	A user-written start/stop exit routine and one of the following: TRACE CT and accompanying REPLY operator commands Parmlib member on a TRACE CT operator command Note: Specify MOD=YES on CTRACE DEFINE if you want to allow options to be changed while the trace is running.
Externalize trace data through a dump	SVC dump requested by an SDUMPX macro (you can also use the SDUMP macro) Stand-alone dump requested by the operator
Externalize trace data through the external writer	See Externalizing trace data through the external writer.
Stop tracing	A user-written start/stop exit routine and one of the following: TRACE CT operator command Parmlib member on a TRACE CT operator command PRESET in a parmlib member on a TRACE CT operator command Parmlib member on CTRACE DEFINE
Format the trace entries	IPCS subcommands CTRACE COPYTRC MERGE CTRACE format table (ITTFMTB macro) CTRACE buffer find exit routine (used when you place your trace buffers in a dump) CTRACE filter/analysis (CTRF) exit routine (optional) Trace entry format model
Delete the application from component trace	CTRACE macro with the DELETE parameter