Planning for configuration of the z/OS Log Forwarder
The configuration tasks for the z/OS® Log Forwarder include
defining the z/OS Log Forwarder environment
and the sources of log data.
z/OS Log Forwarder program files
The z/OS Log Forwarder program
files include the installation files, the configuration files, and
the files in the working directory.
User exits for gathering z/OS SYSLOG data
If you plan to collect z/OS SYSLOG data,
you must install either the GLASYSG or GLAMDBG user exit. These user
exits, and other modules that are used by these user exits, are provided
with Operations Analytics for z Systems and
are in the SGLALPA product library.
z/OS SMF real-time data provider
If you want to include System Management Facilities (SMF)
performance data in your log data, you must configure the SMF real-time
data provider to monitor and forward SMF performance data to the z/OS Log Forwarder.