Specific Control Options › VMTRACE—Specify Trace Data

VMTRACE—Specify Trace Data

Valid on z/VM.

Use the VMTRACE control option to specify what type of trace data is collected in the CA Top Secret VM server machine trace table.

Note: Use the default setting of this option is strongly recommended for normal operation of the product. Specification of anything but the default, except for the purpose of problem determination by CA Technical Support personnel, may reduce the serviceability of the product.

Use the VMTRACE option is protected by the operator accountability feature. CA Top Secret prompts the person entering the command for the proper ACID/password combination before processing the option. CA Top Secret also creates an audit trail identifying the ACID under which the VMTRACE specification was made.

This control option uses the Parameter File and MODIFY entry methods.

This control option has the following format:

VMTRACE(type,[ ENABLE])[DISABLE]

type

Specifies a particular trace entry type or a class of trace entry types.

• A particular trace entry type must be a valid hexadecimal value between X'01' and X'20'.
• To specify a class of trace entry types the first character must be a “C” followed by a valid hexadecimal value between 0 and F.

ENABLE

Specifies that collection of the trace entry type or the class of trace entry types that should be activated.

DISABLE

Specifies that collection of the trace entry type or the class of trace entry types that should be deactivated.