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System Logger Setup

A System Logger should be active in a SYSPLEX (MONO, LOCAL, or Full SYSPLEX), the LOGR policy should be defined, and the IXGLOGR started task should be active in the system.

If the requirements are not met for utilizing the System Logger, only the Internal Logger is active and the amount of data collected is limited by the size of the Logger data space as defined in parmlib member STARTUP (default 8MB). The Logger data space will wrap when it is full.

Note: For detailed information about how to set up the System Logger facility on a system and how to activate the LOGR policies, see the IBM reference manual, Setting up a Sysplex.