Collecting a trace of a command using JCL
To collect a trace of a Managed File Transfer for z/OS® command that is being submitted using JCL you need to complete the following steps.
Procedure
- Locate the data set containing the JCL for the command that needs to be traced.
- Within the data set, locate the member for that command.
- Edit the member, and locate the line that contains the name of the command
that needs to be traced. Modify this line so that it includes the text after the command name and
before the + sign:
-trace classes=level -tracePath directory_path
where:- classes=level is the trace level to use, and which classes to enable trace for. Unless otherwise specified by your IBM® Support Representative, set this to com.ibm.wmqfte=all.
- directory_path is the USS directory where the trace files will be written to.
- Submit the member.
- After the issue has been reproduced, edit the member again and remove the
text:
-trace classes=level -tracePath directory_path
that you added in Step 3.
Results
The resultant trace files are written to the directory specified by the -tracePath parameter.
The trace files are called trace%PID%.txt.number, where:- %PID% is the process identifier for the command.
- number is a sequence number for the trace file. Typically, the trace
information generated by a command is contained within a single trace file that has a sequence
number of 0.
However, it is possible that a command will generate a lot of trace information. In this situation, the trace will be written to multiple files. The current trace file has a sequence number of 0, the next oldest trace file has a sequence number of 1, and so on.
Example
In this example, the member BFGMNLI has been modified to trace the fteListMonitors command://******************************************************************** //* <copyright //* notice="lm-source" //* pids="5655-MF9" //* years="2013,2016" //* crc="3927276320" > //* Licensed Materials - Property of IBM //* //* 5655-MF9 //* //* (C) Copyright IBM Corp. 2013, 2020 All Rights Reserved. //* </copyright> //******************************************************************** //* fteListMonitors //******************************************************************** //BFGCMD EXEC PGM=IKJEFT01,REGION=0M //SYSEXEC DD DSN=++LIBRARY++,DISP=SHR //SYSTSPRT DD SYSOUT=* //STDOUT DD SYSOUT=* //STDERR DD SYSOUT=* //SYSTSIN DD * %BFGCMD CMD=fteListMonitors -trace com.ibm.wmqfte=all -tracePath /u/trace + -v -p QM1 /* //When the member is submitted, the fteListMonitors command writes trace to the USS directory /u/trace.