Tech – Mainframe – Page 27

EREP Report Parameters

8th February 2011 Rui Miguel Feio

The following parameters are used to request reports from EREP: Parameter Description EVENT=Y or N Produces a three-part event history report that lists errors in chronological order. Shows how often errors occur and in what order. Used to establish a pattern and identify problems. No is the default value. PRINT= […]

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. […]

Defining a Logrec Log Stream

31st January 2011 Rui Miguel Feio

First of all and before defining a Logrec log stream, the Systems Programmer should make sure that the system in question was IPLed with a Logrec data set initialized by IFCDIP00. If this is not the case, you cannot change the Logrec recording medium from LOGSTREAM to DATASET using the […]

How to define the Logrec Data Set SYS1.LOGREC

31st January 2011 Rui Miguel Feio

If you want to define a Logrec Data Set, you must first allocate it and then initialize it. //IFCDIP00 JOB CLASS=A,MSGLEVEL=(1,1),MSGCLASS=X,NOTIFY=&SYSUID //*—————————————————————— //* CREATE A NEW LOGREC DATASET AND INITIALIZE IT //*—————————————————————— //IFCDIP00 EXEC PGM=IFCDIP00 //SERERDS DD DSN=SYS1.LOGREC,DISP=(,CATLG), // VOL=SER=MVSRES,UNIT=3390,SPACE=(CYL,3,,CONTIG) /* In this example we create and initialize Logrec Data […]