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Display Event Capture Data Using the CAPLIST Command

The system programmer received notification that the system experienced a common storage problem. The Event Capture facility saved the information to analyze the problem. You can display the data using the CAPLIST command.

Follow these steps:

1. Log on to a CA SYSVIEW session running on any available computer and enter the CAPLIST command.

   Captured data can be accessed from any session, even if the system to analyze is not running.

   The CAPLIST command displays a list of all available captured events. The displayed list is sorted by date to make finding the timeframe in question easier to locate. The following screen indicates a storage problem at 12:30 on system XE44:

   SYSVIEW CAPLIST -------- Captured Event List --------------- ddmmmyyyy 13:59:33
   Command ====>                                                 Scroll *===> HALF
   ----------------------------------------------- Lvl 4 Row 1-16/812 Col 1-79/383
   Index Hlqual SYSVIEW.BASE.CAPINDEX                                   Count    1
   Total Recs   812 Blks 43047 Expd   334  Select Recs   812 Blks 43047 Expd   334
   -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   Cmd      Date     Time  SysName  Member   Descr                         Status
   ________ 01/10/08 12:30 XE44     COMMON   Common storage usage                
   ________ 01/10/08 12:30 XE44     STORAGE  Storage usage                 PROBLEM
   ________ 01/10/08 12:30 XE44     OVERVIEW Overview status               PROBLEM
   ________ 01/10/08 12:30 XE44     JESSPOOL JES2 spool usage 
   ________ 01/10/08 12:30 XE44     CPU      CPU usage 
   

2. Type S in the Cmd field for the Storage usage entry. This entry has the keyword Problem in the Status column and you want to view details about possible cause of the problem.

   The following display appears showing a list of individual command displays that were captured for the selected event. Each command display is marked CMD in the Type field. The Norm, Warn, and Prob columns in the display show the respective number of incidents for the listed commands.

   SYSVIEW CAPEVENT --------- Captured Event ------------------ ddmmmyyyy 14:01:19
   Command ====>                                                 Scroll *===> HALF
   -------------------------------------------------- Lvl 5 Row 1-9/9 Col 1-79/146
   Dsname   SYSVIEW.BASE.CAPDATA.D011008.T123051              Volser WORK03
   Descr    Storage usage                                     Member STORAGE
   System   JobName  Asid UserId   TaskId   Created                  Expires
   XE44     SYSVDEV  015E GSVXSCHT SCHEDULR 12:30:51 08Oct2001       11Oct2001
   -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   Cmd      Type Name     Screen   Title                            Norm Warn Prob
   ________ ID                     Capture dataset identification
   ________ MBR                    CAPLIB member
   ________ CMD  ACTIVITY          System Activity
   ________ CMD  COMMON   SUMMARY  Common Storage Summary
   ________ CMD  PAGEDS            Page Datasets
   ________ CMD  PAGING            MVS System Paging                   1
   ________ CMD  STORAGE           MVS System Storage                  4    2    4
   ________ CMD  SWAPPING          MVS System Swapping
   ________ CMD  VSMTRACK SUMMARY  Common Storage Tracking Summary
   

3. Drill down another detail level by typing S in the Cmd column to select the STORAGE command, which has two warnings and four problems.

   Note: Any of the commands listed on the screen can be selected for redisplay.

   The redisplayed information is a virtual look into the past. You can manipulate the data on the screen using the standard set of CA SYSVIEW function commands such as: SORT, SELECT, and FIND.