February 2011 – Page 3 – Rui Miguel Feio

Create a History Data Set from the Logrec Data Set

3rd February 2011 Rui Miguel Feio

By creating a history file and then running all the reports against that file, the Systems Programmer ensures that all of the reports are using the same set of records. //LOGRECHS JOB CLASS=A,MSGLEVEL=(1,1),MSGCLASS=X,NOTIFY=&SYSUID //*—————————————————————— //* COPIES SYS1.LOGREC TO HISTORY FILE MVS.LOGREC.HISTORY //*—————————————————————— //HISTORY EXEC PGM=IFCEREP1,REGION=1024K, // PARM=’ACC,ZERO=N’ //SERLOG DD DISP=(OLD,KEEP),DSN=SYS1.LOGREC […]

How to clear and re-initialize the Logrec Data Set SYS1.LOGREC

3rd February 2011 Rui Miguel Feio

It’s not uncommon for the SYS1.LOGREC dataset to fill up. Although you should dump the content of the SYS1.LOGREC to DASD or Tape to keep that information for future use (if you need to analyse a problem), you sometimes may simply wish to clear all its content and re-initialize it. […]