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Printing the VPE Trace File Online z/OS Only

Online, the VPE trace and the DIAL trace both write entries to a data set with the DD name:

ADRTRC

To support online printing of the trace in an z/OS CICS environment, the @I$TRACE PRINT command reads the trace records from the same data set that the ddname ADRTRC points to, but using the DD name:

ADRINT

For CA Ideal running under z/OS, ADRTRC and ADRINT should be defined to your system as provided in the installation copybooks VQ14FCT and VQ14CSD. The z/OS installation process is described in the CA IPC r14 z/OS Installation and Maintenance Guide. The ADRTRC and ADRINT files should not be defined as temporary data sets.

The @I$TRACE PRINT command writes the output to a member in the CA Ideal online output library with the name:

OUTTRACE

You can then print or display this output using the standard CA Ideal OUTPUT commands as documented in the Working in the Environment Guide.

In a VSE environment, although the trace can be run online, it can only be extracted using batch CA Ideal. To do so, there must be a DLBL in the batch JCL that points to the same data set that the DLBL for ADRTRC points to in your online CICS start‑up JCL. See the section titled JCL Requirements later in this chapter.