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An alternative way to generate a ProLE trace file

How To


Summary

This document shows how to enable and generate a trace file for the Data Protection for SAP HANA ProLE process when it does not get generated despite the trace options set in the UTL file.

Objective

Sometimes a trace file may not get generated for the ProLE process in the location mentioned in the TRACEFILE option in the respective UTL file.
To work around the issue peform the actions as below.
1)
Edit the entry for ProLE in /etc/inittab, make sure that respawn is set, and add to the line the -t switch with the trace file name to be used, for example:
tdph:2345:respawn:/opt/tivoli/tsm/tdp_hana/prole -p tdphana -t /tmp/prole.trace
2)
Kill the currently running ProLE process. According to the "respawn" setting in the inittab the ProLE process should restart writing to the trace file.
Should the respawn process have an issue, ProLE can be started manually:
/opt/tivoli/tsm/tdp_hana/prole -p tdphana   -t /tmp/prole.trace
3)
After tracing is complete, you may remove the -t switch from the ProLE entry in the inittab, save the inittab, and then restart the ProLE process as described above to continue without tracing.

Environment

IBM Spectrum Protect for Enterprise Resource Planning - Data Protection for SAP HANA on all supported Linux platforms.

Document Location

Worldwide

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Document Information

Modified date:
11 February 2021

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ibm16115876