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Record Additional Information in the Activity Log

You can use the LOG command to record additional information in the log that is outside the scope of that recorded by default. For example, enter the following at the prompt:

LOG PRODUCTION LINK TO LOS ANGELES DOWN FOR MAINTENANCE

This produces the following entry in the log for the time the command was issued:

LOG ENTRY : PRODUCTION LINK TO LOS ANGELES DOWN FOR MAINTENANCE

You can record a message up to 256 characters long.

Telnet Activity in the Log

Telnet connections can be logged as they are started and ended.

Note: Logging of Telnet activity is specified in the IPEVENT parameter group. For more information, see the Implementation Guide.

Example

Examples of Telnet connection start and end messages are:

IPCM2002 TELNET CONNECTION STARTED FROM 192.168.2.66..4925 AS TSTCP007 TO TEST1 LOGICAL DEVICE 0006

IPCM2003 TELNET CONNECTION ENDED FROM 192.168.6.127 AS TSTCP006 TO TEST4, BYTES IN 550 OUT 32665 DURATION 0 DAYS 00.06.35

From the log, you can obtain the following information:

• The time that the connection started, plus the port number, LU, and device number used
• The time that the connection ended, the IP address and LU name of the device where the connection ended, the application to which the session was connected, the number of bytes in and out, and the duration of the connection

FTP Activity in the Log

From the log, you can obtain information about the following FTP activities associated with FTP server and client processing:

File Transfers

Provides information including user’s IP address, the data set name and size, and how long the file transfer took.

Deletion and Renaming of Files

Provides the name of the file being deleted or renamed, and the new name for a file being renamed.

Failures

Provides a record of failed logons and failed transfers.

Note: Logging of FTP activity is specified in the IPEVENT parameter group. For more information, see the Implementation Guide.

Example

Examples of FTP messages are:

IPFM2103 FTP RETR BY USER01 AT 192.168.9.57 DSN AUDE0.TEST01.BIGFILE 1872317 BYTES IN 43.56 SECONDS 42982 BYTES/SEC SERVER FTPTEST1

IPFM2102 FTP LOGON FAILED FOR USR02 AT 192.168.7.23 SERVER FTPTEST1