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Logger Extract Utility TBELOGRX

An IBM System Logger Log Stream is defined for BES to offload its log records to. The Log Stream typically holds two to four days of log data before the data is eligible for deletion. Saving this data allows you to report on encryption and decryption activity and troubleshoot problems. To save this data, customize the CTAPJCL data set BESLOGR member and then execute the member daily to unload the last 24 hours of log records to a generational data set.

A day’s worth of log records may contain millions of records. A file of this size is difficult to ftp or read into a report.

You can use the TBELOGRX utility to do the following:

• Read the Log Stream unload file.
• Select blocks of records for a specific time frame.
• Write the selected records to a separate, smaller output file.
• Produce a report on what data is in an unload file without creating an extract file.